| Bow Range | |
| Country: | Canada |
| Subdivision2 Type: | Provinces |
| Part Type: | Protected areas |
| Parent: | Canadian Rockies (Southern Continental Ranges) |
| Area Km2: | 717 |
| Length Km: | 34 |
| Width Km: | 43 |
| Length Orientation: | N-S |
| Highest: | Mount Temple |
| Highest Location: | Alberta |
| Elevation M: | 3543 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Listing: | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.3506°N -116.2067°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Range Coordinates: | 51.3333°N -116.2833°W |
The Bow Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies 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, 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 35430NaN0.[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.
| Name | Elevation | Prominence | FA | Easiest route | Coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | m | ft | ||||
| Mount Temple | 1894 | Moderate scramble on SW face | |||||
| Hungabee Mountain | 1903 | UIAA III 5.4 on West ridge | |||||
| Mount Victoria | 1897 | UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit | |||||
| Deltaform Mountain | 1903 | UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge | |||||
| Mount Lefroy | 1897 | UIAA II on West face | |||||
| Mount Huber | 1903 | ||||||
| Mount Biddle | 1902 | ||||||
| Mount Tuzo | 1906 | ||||||
| Mount Fay | 1904 | ||||||
| Neptuak Mountain | 1902 | ||||||
| Quadra Mountain | 1910 | ||||||
| Mount Aberdeen | 1894 | ||||||
| Odaray Mountain | 1887 | ||||||
| Mount Babel | 1910 | UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face | |||||
| Mount Little | 1901 | ||||||
| Bident Mountain | 1903 | ||||||
| Mount Owen | 1892 | ||||||
| Eiffel Peak | 1901 | Scramble | |||||
| Haddo Peak | 1903 | ||||||
| Pinnacle Mountain | 1909 | ||||||
| Mount Perren | 1927 | ||||||
| Chimney Peak | 1910 | ||||||
| Mount Whyte | 1901 | Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6 | |||||
| Mount Niblock | 1899 | Moderate scramble | |||||
| Mount Bell | 1910 | Moderate scramble | |||||
| Fairview Mountain | 1893 | Easy scramble above Lake Louise | |||||
| Mount St. Piran | Hiking trail | ||||||
| Saddle Mountain | Hiking trail | ||||||
| Big Beehive | Hiking trail | ||||||