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Banff National Park is Canada's first 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 landscapes.
Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary, 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, and 1,400 to 1,630 m (4,590 to 5,350 ft) above sea level. [5] Banff was the first municipality to incorporate within a Canadian national park.
Interactive map of Fairview Mountain: Country: Canada: Province: Alberta: Protected area: Banff National Park: Parent range: Bow Range (Canadian Rockies) Topo map: NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [4] Climbing; First ascent: 1893 by Walter Wilcox and Samuel Allen (first recorded) [1] Easiest route: Easy scramble [5]
Topo map: NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [2] Mount Fortune is a summit in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. [2] Mount Fortune was named in tribute to HMS ...
Mount Bell is set within Banff National Park, in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies. [4] The hamlet of Lake Louise is situated 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the north and the Continental Divide is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west.
Bident Mountain is a 3,084-metre (10,118 ft) summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. [4] [3] With only 103 m (338 ft) prominence, Bident Mountain together with Quadra Mountain form an imposing wall in the Canadian Rockies and act as subpeaks of Mount Fay. Bident was first climbed in 1903 by Charles Thompson and Hans Kaufmann. [2]
Mount Olive is located N of the head of the Yoho River on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park. [4] 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. [1] [2] [4]
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 landform as Terrace Mountain on his 1886 map of the area.