Bow Glacier, Banff National Park

Name: Bow Glacier
Address: Banff National Park, Canada

#55 among attractions in Banff National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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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. Bow Glacier is an outflow glacier from the Wapta Icefield, which rests along the Continental Divide, and runoff from the glacier supplies water to Bow Lake and the Bow River. The glacier is credited for creating the Bow Valley before retreating at the end of the last glacial maximum. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°38'49"N, 116°30'36"W

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Bow Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bow Lake, Bow Glacier Falls, Mount Jimmy Simpson, Portal Peak.

2.7 miNE
Glacial lake with a historic lodge
Bow Lake, Banff National Park
69 min walk • Bow Lake is a small lake in western Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Bow River, in the Canadian Rockies, at an altitude of 1920 m.
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Bow Glacier Falls, Banff National Park
23 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.
2.7 miN
Mountain
Mount Jimmy Simpson
69 min walk • Mount Jimmy Simpson is a 2,966-metre summit located 3 kilometres northwest of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Thompson, 3.0 km to the southwest.
0.7 miN
Mountain
Portal Peak
18 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.
1.2 miSE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Bow Hut, Banff National Park
31 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.
2.6 miW
Mountain
Mount Habel
68 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.
4 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Collie, Yoho National Park
103 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.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Olive, Banff National Park
66 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.
3.3 miE
Landmark glacier seen from highway below
Crowfoot Glacier, Banff National Park
85 min walk • Crowfoot Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 32 km northwest of Lake Louise, and can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway. The glacier is situated on the northeastern flank of Crowfoot Mountain.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Peyto Glacier, Banff National Park
67 min walk • The Peyto Glacier is situated in the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately 90 km northwest of the town of Banff, and can be accessed from the Icefields Parkway.
2.7 miW
Winter sport, Ski piste
Wapta Glacier
69 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.