Mount Barlow, Banff National Park

#88 among attractions in Banff National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Barlow is located on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the southern edge of the Freshfield Icefield in Banff National Park. It was named in 1916 by D.B. Dowling after Dr. Alfred Ernest Barlow, a cartographer with the Geological Survey of Canada who perished in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster. ()

First ascent: 1930Elevation: 10312 ftProminence: 666 ftCoordinates: 51°42'19"N, 116°48'36"W

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Mount Barlow – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Prior Peak, Mount Bulyea, Mount Bergne, Mount Conway.

5.3 miW
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Prior Peak
135 min walk • Prior Peak is located at the head of Waitabit Creek on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1924 after Edward Prior, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1919-1920.
4.9 miW
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Mount Bulyea, Banff National Park
124 min walk • Mount Bulyea is located in Banff National Park on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1920 after Hon. George H. V. Bulyea, a Canadian Pacific Railway employee and first Lieutenant General of Alberta.
4.6 miNW
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Mount Bergne
117 min walk • Mount Bergne is a summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in memory of Frank Bergne, a mountain climber who had died in a climbing accident in 1907.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Conway, Banff National Park
106 min walk • Mount Conway is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1901 by J. Norman Collie after Martin Conway, an alpinist.
1.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Helmer, Banff National Park
32 min walk • Mount Helmer is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, East of Waitabit Creek and North of Golden. It was named in 1924 after Brigadier-General Richard Alexis Helmer and his son Alexis Helmer were killed in battle and was part of the inspiration for In Flanders Fields through his friendship with John McCrae.
5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Pilkington, Banff National Park
131 min walk • Mount Pilkington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, between Mount Freshfield and Waitabit Peak. It was named in 1898 after Charles Pilkington.
2.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Lambe, Banff National Park
57 min walk • Mount Lambe is a 3,182-metre mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada.
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Low, Banff National Park
23 min walk • Mount Low is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1920 after the Canadian geologist and explorer A. P...
1.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gilgit Mountain, Banff National Park
49 min walk • Gilgit Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the head of Waitabit Creek and NE of Golden. It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie for Gilgit, Pakistan. Collie had accompanied Albert F.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waitabit Peak, Banff National Park
98 min walk • Waitabit Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1900 after Waitabit Creek.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Trutch, Banff National Park
78 min walk • Mount Trutch is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. Canada. It was named in 1920 after Sir Joseph Trutch, a Canadian politician who was the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.