Bow Range
Subrange of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
title: "Bow Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bow-range"] description: "Subrange of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada" topic_path: "general/bow-range" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Subrange of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bow Range |
| photo | Mount Temple.jpg |
| photo_caption | North face of Mount Temple |
| country | Canada |
| subdivision2_type | Provinces |
| subdivision2 | |
| part_type | Protected areas |
| parent | Canadian Rockies |
| (Southern Continental Ranges) | |
| borders_on | |
| area_km2 | 717 |
| area_ref | |
| length_km | 34 |
| length_ref | |
| width_km | 43 |
| width_ref | |
| length_orientation | N-S |
| highest | Mount Temple |
| highest_location | Alberta |
| elevation_m | 3543 |
| elevation_ref | |
| listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| map | Alberta#British Columbia |
| map_size | 200 |
| map_caption | Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia |
| range_coordinates | |
| range_coordinates_ref | |
| :: |
| name= Bow Range | photo= Mount Temple.jpg | photo_caption= North face of Mount Temple | country= Canada | subdivision2_type= Provinces | subdivision2= | part_type = Protected areas | part = | parent= Canadian Rockies (Southern Continental Ranges) | borders_on= | area_km2= 717 | area_ref= | length_km= 34 | length_ref= | width_km= 43 | width_ref= | length_orientation= N-S | highest= Mount Temple | highest_location= Alberta | elevation_m= 3543 | elevation_ref= | listing = Mountains of Alberta | coordinates= | coordinates_ref= | map= Alberta#British Columbia | map_size= 200 | map_caption= Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia | range_coordinates= | range_coordinates_ref= The Bow Range is a mountain range of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The range is named in association with the Bow River and was officially adopted on March 31, 1917 by the Geographic Board of Canada.
It is a part of the Banff-Lake Louise Core Area of the Southern Continental Ranges, located on the Continental Divide, west of the Bow River valley, in Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park.
The Bow Range covers a surface area of 717 sqkm, has a length of 34 km (from north to south) and a maximum width of 43 km. The highest peak is Mount Temple, with an elevation of 3543 m. The range also covers the Valley of the Ten Peaks, with the tallest of the ten being Mount Hungabee at 3492 metres. The range also has hiking areas such as the Consolation Lakes, Sentinel Pass-Larch Valley, Wenkchenma Pass-Eiffel Lake, the Beehive plain of the Six Glaciers system and Saddle Back Pass.
Peaks and mountains
|3543^Mount Temple^Moderate scramble on SW face |3492^Hungabee Mountain^UIAA III 5.4 on West ridge |3464^Mount Victoria^UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit |3424^Deltaform Mountain^UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge |3423^Mount Lefroy^UIAA II on West face |3348^Mount Huber^ |3320^Mount Biddle^ |3310^Mount Allen^ |3302^Glacier Peak^ |3292^Ringrose Peak^ |3246^Mount Tuzo^ |3241^Neptuak Mountain^ |3235^Mount Fay^ |3232^Collier Peak^ |3206^Wenkchemna Peak^ |3173^Quadra Mountain^ |3163^Popes Peak^ |3152^Mount Aberdeen^ |3137^Odaray Mountain^ |3134^Mount Little^ |3103^Mount Babel^UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face |3088^Bident Mountain^ |3083^Mount Owen^ |3077^Eiffel Peak^Scramble |3072^Mount Bowlen^ |3070^Haddo Peak^ |3070^Pinnacle Mountain^ |3051^Mount Perren^ |3001^Chimney Peak^ |2983^Mount Whyte^Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6 |2976^Mount Niblock^Moderate scramble |2974^Narao Peak^Moderate scramble |2910^Mount Bell^Moderate scramble |2851^Yukness Mountain^Scramble (South peak) |2850^The Mitre^ |2845^Mount Whymper^Moderate scramble |2760^Boom Mountain^Moderate scramble |2744^Fairview Mountain^Easy scramble above Lake Louise |2691^Mount Schaffer^ |2649^Mount St. Piran^Hiking trail |2433^Saddle Mountain^Hiking trail |2270^Big Beehive^Hiking trail
Gallery
File:Haddo Peak.jpg|Haddo Peak File:Mount Temple panorama.jpg|Bow Range seen from Lake Louise Ski Resort, with Mount Temple centered
References
References
- {{cite crdb
- {{cite cgndb
- {{cite bcgnis. 473. Bow Range. 2009-01-13
- {{cite peakbagger
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