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{{short description|Subrange of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Bow Range
| photo= Mount Temple.jpg
| photo_caption= North face of Mount Temple
| country= [[Canada]]
| subdivision2_type= Provinces
| subdivision2= {{enum|[[Alberta]]|[[British Columbia]]}}
| part_type = Protected&nbsp;areas | part = {{unbulleted list|[[Banff National Park]]|[[Kootenay National Park]]}}
| parent= [[Canadian Rockies]]<br/>(Southern [[Continental Ranges]])
| borders_on= {{enum|[[Waputik Range]]|[[Slate Range (Alberta)|Slate Range]]|[[Ball Range]]|[[Ottertail Range]]}}
| area_km2= 717 
| area_ref=<ref name=pb/>
| length_km= 34 
| length_ref=<ref name=pb/>
| width_km= 43 
| width_ref=<ref name=pb/>
| length_orientation= N-S
| highest= [[Mount Temple (Alberta)|Mount Temple]]
| highest_location= Alberta
| elevation_m= 3543
| elevation_ref=<ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id= 1376|name=Mount Temple|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>
| listing = [[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]
| coordinates= {{coord|51|21|02|N|116|12|24|W|type:mountain_region:CA|format=dms|display=inline|name=Mount Temple}}
| coordinates_ref=<ref name=cgndb_mt>{{cite cgndb | id = IALEB | name = Mount Temple | access-date = 2023-09-04}}</ref>
| map= Alberta#British Columbia
| map_size= 200
| map_caption= Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia
| range_coordinates= {{coord|51|20|00|N|116|17|00|W|type:mountain_region:CA|format=dms|display=inline,title|name=Bow Range}}
| range_coordinates_ref=<ref name=bcgnis/>
}}
The '''Bow Range''' is a [[mountain range]] of the [[Park Ranges]] in [[Alberta]] and [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. The range is named in association with the [[Bow River]] and was officially adopted on March 31, 1917 by the [[Geographic Board of Canada]].<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|473|Bow Range|2009-01-13}}</ref>

It is a part of the [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]]-[[Lake Louise, Alberta|Lake Louise]] Core Area of the Southern [[Continental Ranges]], located on the [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]], west of the Bow River valley, in [[Banff National Park]] and [[Kootenay National Park]].

The Bow Range covers a surface area of {{cvt|717|sqkm|sqmi}}, has a length of 34&nbsp;km (from north to south) and a maximum width of 43&nbsp;km.<ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger |rid=141312 |name=Bow Range |access-date=2006-09-20}}</ref> The highest peak is  Mount Temple, with an elevation of {{convert|3543|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=crdb/>  The range also covers the [[Valley of the Ten Peaks]], with the tallest of the ten being Mount Hungabee at 3492 metres. The range also has hiking areas such as the Consolation Lakes, Sentinel Pass-Larch Valley, Wenkchenma Pass-Eiffel Lake, the [[The Beehive (Alberta)|Beehive]] plain of the Six Glaciers system and Saddle Back Pass.

==Peaks and mountains==
{{#invoke:Mountains Prism|list|m|rank,prom,fa,tcoords,custom2:Easiest route
|3543^[[Mount Temple (Alberta)|Mount Temple]]^Moderate scramble on SW face
|3492^[[Mount Hungabee|Hungabee Mountain]]^[[International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation|UIAA]] III 5.4 on West ridge
|3464^[[Mount Victoria (Bow Range)|Mount Victoria]]^UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit
|3424^[[Deltaform Mountain]]^UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge
|3423^[[Mount Lefroy]]^UIAA II on West face
|3348^[[Mount Huber]]^
|3320^[[Mount Biddle]]^
|3310^[[Mount Allen (Bow Range)|Mount Allen]]^
|3302^[[Glacier Peak (Bow Range)|Glacier Peak]]^
|3292^[[Ringrose Peak]]^
|3246^[[Mount Tuzo]]^
|3241^[[Neptuak Mountain]]^
|3235^[[Mount Fay]]^
|3232^[[Collier Peak]]^
|3206^[[Wenkchemna Peak]]^
|3173^[[Quadra Mountain]]^
|3163^[[Popes Peak]]^
|3152^[[Mount Aberdeen (Alberta)|Mount Aberdeen]]^
|3137^[[Odaray Mountain]]^
|3134^[[Mount Little]]^
|3103^[[Mount Babel (Alberta)|Mount Babel]]^UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face
|3088^[[Bident Mountain]]^
|3083^[[Mount Owen (British Columbia)|Mount Owen]]^
|3077^[[Eiffel Peak]]^Scramble
|3072^[[Mount Bowlen]]^
|3070^[[Haddo Peak]]^
|3070^[[Pinnacle Mountain (Alberta)|Pinnacle Mountain]]^
|3051^[[Mount Perren]]^
|3001^[[Chimney Peak (Canada)|Chimney Peak]]^
|2983^[[Mount Whyte]]^Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6
|2976^[[Mount Niblock]]^Moderate scramble
|2974^[[Narao Peak]]^Moderate scramble
|2910^[[Mount Bell (Alberta)|Mount Bell]]^Moderate scramble
|2851^[[Yukness Mountain]]^Scramble (South peak)
|2850^[[The Mitre (Alberta)|The Mitre]]^
|2845^[[Mount Whymper (Edward)|Mount Whymper]]^Moderate scramble
|2760^[[Boom Mountain]]^Moderate scramble
|2744^[[Fairview Mountain (Alberta)|Fairview Mountain]]^Easy scramble above Lake Louise
|2691^[[Mount Schaffer]]^
|2649^[[Mount St. Piran]]^Hiking trail
|2433^[[Saddle Mountain (Alberta)|Saddle Mountain]]^Hiking trail
|2270^[[The Beehive (Alberta)|Big Beehive]]^Hiking trail
}}
{{GeoGroup|section=Peaks and mountains}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Haddo Peak.jpg|[[Haddo Peak]]
File:Mount Temple panorama.jpg|Bow Range seen from Lake Louise Ski Resort, with Mount Temple centered
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{cite cgndb|id=IAHZC|name=Bow Range}}
* {{cite cgndb|id=JABBG|name=Bow Range}}
* [http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1123 Bow Range] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia

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