Mont des Poilus, Yoho National Park

Name: Mont des Poilus
Address: Yoho National Park, Canada

#45 among attractions in Yoho National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain

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Mont des Poilus is a 3,166-metre mountain summit located in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Baker, 8.0 km to the north. Both are part of the Waputik Mountains. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1901Elevation: 10387 ftProminence: 1529 ftCoordinates: 51°35'41"N, 116°36'22"W

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Mont des Poilus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bow Glacier Falls, Stanley Mitchell hut, Portal Peak, Bow Hut.

6.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Bow Glacier Falls, Banff National Park
162 min walk • Bow Glacier Falls is located near Banff, AB. The falls originates from melt water from the Bow Glacier and flows into Bow Lake.
5.1 miS
Hiking, Alpine hut
Stanley Mitchell hut, Yoho National Park
130 min walk • The Stanley Mitchell hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of 2,060 metres in the Little Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. It sits in a small meadow not far from the base of a mountain called The President. It serves as a base for hiking, scrambling, ski-touring and climbing the nearby mountains.
5.8 miNE
Mountain
Portal Peak
149 min walk • Portal Peak is a 2,926-metre mountain summit located four kilometers west of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Thompson, 1.0 km to the northwest. Portal Peak is situated east of the Wapta Icefield, and is a member of the Waputik Mountains.
5.7 miNE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Bow Hut, Banff National Park
145 min walk • The Bow Hut is an alpine hut located at an elevation of 2,350 metres on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield in Banff National Park.
4.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Twin Falls, Field
117 min walk • Twin Falls is a waterfall in British Columbia, Canada. It is 590 feet high. It is found in Yoho National Park.
4.2 miN
Mountain
Mount Habel
108 min walk • Mount Habel is a 3,087-metre mountain summit located on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Waputik Mountains, part of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1986 after Jean Habel.
1.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Collie, Yoho National Park
43 min walk • Mount Collie is a mountain in Yoho National Park, located on the western boundary of the Wapta Icefield in Canada. The mountain was named in 1897 by Charles S. Thompson after J. Norman Collie, an accomplished mountaineer and early explorer of the Canadian Rockies.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Olive, Banff National Park
130 min walk • Mount Olive is located on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park. It lies on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield, and is part of the Waputik Mountains. It was named in 1898 by H.B. Dixon after his wife Dixon, Olive.
3.8 miS
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount McArthur, Yoho National Park
96 min walk • Mount McArthur is a mountain located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1886 by Otto Koltz after James J. McArthur, a land surveyor who mapped the Canadian Rockies for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Bow Glacier, Banff National Park
140 min walk • Bow Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately 37 km northwest of Lake Louise. It can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway.
3.1 miNE
Winter sport, Ski piste
Wapta Glacier
79 min walk • The Wapta ice fields are a series of glaciers popular with climbers on the border of Alberta and British Columbia in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The Burgess shale animal Waptia takes its name from these features. Their meltwater feeds the nearby Wapta falls.