Bow Range

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.^[4]

Bow Range
North face of Mount Temple
Highest point
Peak	Mount Temple, Alberta
Elevation	3,543 m (11,624 ft)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°21′02″N 116°12′24″W[2]
Dimensions
Length	34 km (21 mi) N-S[3]
Width	43 km (27 mi)[3]
Area	717 km2 (277 sq mi)[3]
Geography
Bow Range
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas	Banff National Park Kootenay National Park
Range coordinates	51°20′00″N 116°17′00″W[4]
Parent range	Canadian Rockies (Southern Continental Ranges)
Borders on	Waputik Range, Slate Range, Ball Range and Ottertail Range

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 km² (277 sq mi), has a length of 34 km (from north to south) and a maximum width of 43 km.^[3] The highest peak is Mount Temple, with an elevation of 3,543 m (11,624 ft).^[1] 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.

Haddo Peak

Peaks and mountains

Name	Elevation		Prominence		FA	Easiest route	Coordinates
	m	ft	m	ft
Mount Temple	3,543	11,624	1,544	5,066	1894	Moderate scramble on SW face	51°21′2″N 116°12′25″W
Hungabee Mountain	3,492	11,457	987	3,238	1903	UIAA III 5.4 on West ridge	51°19′58″N 116°17′2″W
Mount Victoria	3,464	11,365	547	1,795	1897	UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit	51°22′37″N 116°18′24″W
Deltaform Mountain	3,424	11,234	822	2,697	1903	UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge	51°18′6″N 116°14′43″W
Mount Lefroy	3,423	11,230	417	1,368	1897	UIAA II on West face	51°21′44″N 116°16′47″W
Mount Huber	3,368	11,050	168	551	1903		51°22′13″N 116°18′44″W
Mount Biddle	3,320	10,890	731	2,398	1902		51°19′24″N 116°18′26″W
Mount Tuzo	3,246	10,650	210	690	1906		51°18′6″N 116°13′42″W
Mount Fay	3,235	10,614	389	1,276	1904		51°17′58″N 116°9′43″W
Neptuak Mountain	3,233	10,607	151	495	1902		51°18′28″N 116°15′29″W
Quadra Mountain	3,173	10,410	285	935	1910		51°17′13″N 116°9′12″W
Mount Aberdeen	3,152	10,341	566	1,857	1894		51°22′48″N 116°14′51″W
Odaray Mountain	3,137	10,292	627	2,057	1887		51°21′37″N 116°23′3″W
Mount Babel	3,101	10,174	200	660	1910	UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face	51°18′23″N 116°9′48″W
Mount Little	3,088	10,131	164	538	1901		51°17′45″N 116°10′58″W
Bident Mountain	3,084	10,118	103	338	1903		51°17′15″N 116°8′28″W
Mount Owen	3,083	10,115	903	2,963	1892		51°18′58″N 116°25′13″W
Eiffel Peak	3,077	10,095	465	1,526	1901	Scramble	51°19′56″N 116°14′7″W
Haddo Peak	3,070	10,070	83	272	1903		51°23′0″N 116°14′12″W
Pinnacle Mountain	3,070	10,070	225	738	1909		51°20′20″N 116°13′39″W
Mount Perren	3,051	10,010	113	371	1927		51°17′47″N 116°12′32″W
Chimney Peak	3,002	9,849	137	449	1910		51°15′52″N 116°9′19″W
Mount Whyte	2,983	9,787	140	460	1901	Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6	51°24′31″N 116°16′16″W
Mount Niblock	2,976	9,764	142	466	1899	Moderate scramble	51°25′3″N 116°16′16″W
Mount Bell	2,932	9,619	225	738	1910	Moderate scramble	51°17′3″N 116°6′4″W
Fairview Mountain	2,744	9,003	275	902	1893	Easy scramble above Lake Louise	51°23′58″N 116°13′24″W
Mount St. Piran	2,649	8,691	187	614		Hiking trail	51°25′17″N 116°15′10″W
Saddle Mountain	2,433	7,982	107	351		Hiking trail	51°23′35″N 116°12′31″W
Big Beehive	2,270	7,450				Hiking trail	51°24′51″N 116°14′38″W

References

1. "Mount Temple". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
2. "Mount Temple". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
3. "Bow Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
4. "Bow Range". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

Bow Range seen from Lake Louise Ski Resort, with Mount Temple centered

External links

• Media related to Bow Range at Wikimedia Commons
• Bow Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia