Portal Peak

#299 among destinations in Canada

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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. Portal Peak can be seen from the Icefields Parkway at Bow Lake. ()

Coordinates: 51°39'24"N, 116°30'49"W

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AlbertaCanada

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Portal Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.5 miE
Glacial lake with a historic lodge
Bow Lake, Banff National Park
65 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.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Bow Glacier Falls, Banff National Park
20 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 miN
Mountain
Mount Jimmy Simpson
53 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 miSE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Bow Hut, Banff National Park
47 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.
2.5 miW
Mountain
Mount Habel
64 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.
4.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Collie, Yoho National Park
109 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.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Olive, Banff National Park
83 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.
3.7 miSE
Landmark glacier seen from highway below
Crowfoot Glacier, Banff National Park
95 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 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Peyto Glacier, Banff National Park
52 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.
0.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Bow Glacier, Banff National Park
18 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.
2.9 miSW
Winter sport, Ski piste
Wapta Glacier
74 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.