Bow Hut, Banff National Park

Name: Bow Hut
Address: Banff National Park, Canada

#25 among attractions in Banff National Park

Hiking, Alpine hut

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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. It is the largest, best equipped, and most accessible of the four alpine huts on the Wapta Icefield, and serves as the base for a wide variety of ski tours and mountaineering ascents to half a dozen peaks on the Wapta. It is the easiest and safest starting point for the Wapta traverse; and Balfour Hut, the next hut on the traverse, can easily be reached from it in a day. It can also serve as an intermediate stop in a longer traverse which starts at the less easily accessible Peyto Hut. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada. ()

Opened: 1989 (35 years ago)Coordinates: 51°38'5"N, 116°29'24"W

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

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

2.7 miNE
Glacial lake with a historic lodge
Bow Lake, Banff National Park
70 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.
4.8 miE
Mountain
Bow Peak, Banff National Park
122 min walk • Bow Peak is a 2,840-metre mountain summit located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Crowfoot Mountain, 2.11 km to the east. Bow Peak is situated north of Hector Lake, southeast of Bow Lake, and can be seen from the Icefields Parkway.
1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Bow Glacier Falls, Banff National Park
39 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.
3.6 miN
Mountain
Mount Jimmy Simpson
92 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.
1.8 miNW
Mountain
Portal Peak
47 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.
3.7 miW
Mountain
Mount Habel
94 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.
4.5 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Collie, Yoho National Park
114 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.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Olive, Banff National Park
40 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.
2.4 miE
Landmark glacier seen from highway below
Crowfoot Glacier, Banff National Park
61 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.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Peyto Glacier, Banff National Park
98 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.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Bow Glacier, Banff National Park
31 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.