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Walking trail Gondola lift / Hike for Sanson's Peak (2,256 m or 7,402 ft) Sulphur Mountain ( Nakoda: Mînî Rhuwîn) is a mountain in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains overlooking the town of Banff, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1916 for the hot springs on its lower slopes. [1] George Dawson had referred to this ...
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) [3] of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine ...
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Surface elevation. 1,884 m (6,181 ft) Moraine Lake is a snow and glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 1,884 metres (6,181 ft). The lake has a surface area of 50 hectares (120 acres).
A California hiker has been rescued after being stranded in the mountains for 10 days, surviving on little but wild berries and water that he collected in his boot. Lukas McClish, 34, went out for ...
Castle Mountain. / 51.29972°N 115.92250°W / 51.29972; -115.92250. Castle Mountain ( Blackfoot: Miistukskoowa) is a mountain located within Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, approximately halfway between Banff and Lake Louise. It is the easternmost mountain of the Main Ranges in the Bow Valley and sits astride the Castle ...
Mount Temple. / 51.35056°N 116.20667°W / 51.35056; -116.20667. Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada . Mt. Temple is located in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek and is the highest peak in the Lake Louise area. The peak dominates the western landscape ...
Easiest route. Hiking trail. Tunnel Mountain, also known as Sleeping Buffalo ( Siksiká: Iinii Istako; Nakoda: Eyarhey Tatanga Woweyahgey Wakân ), is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada at the junction of the Spray River with the Bow and overlooking the Hot Springs on Sulphur Mountain.