Mount Bowlen is located on the border of

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and

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and forms part of the

Valley of the Ten Peaks Valley of the Ten Peaks () is a valley in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is crowned by ten notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near Lake Louise. The ten peaks ...

. It was named in 1953 after John J. Bowlen, a native of

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, successful Alberta rancher, honorary chief of the

Blackfoot The Blackfoot Confederacy, ''Niitsitapi'', or ''Siksikaitsitapi'' (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or " Blackfoot-speaking real people"), is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Bl ...

, and a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Its former name was "Yamnee", which translates to the number three in the local

Nakoda (Stoney) The Nakoda (also known as Stoney, , or Stoney Nakoda) are an Indigenous people in Western Canada and the United States. Their territory used to be large parts of what is now Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana, but their reserves are now in Al ...

language.

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of

sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock (geology), rock formed by the cementation (geology), cementation of sediments—i.e. particles made of minerals (geological detritus) or organic matter (biological detritus)—that have been accumulated or de ...

laid down during the

Precambrian The Precambrian ( ; or pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pC, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of t ...

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...

periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the

Laramide orogeny The Laramide orogeny was a time period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 80 to 70 million years ago, and ended 55 to 35 million years ago. The exact duration and ages of beginning and end of the o ...

Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

, the mountain has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below with wind chill factors below in the winter.

Gallery

File:Moraine Lake Half Frozen.jpg, Mount Bowlen centered and reflected in Moraine Lake File:Mount Bowlen seen from Larch Valley.jpg, Mount Bowlen seen from Larch Valley File:Mount Bowlen 2009.jpg

References

External links

* Parks Canada web site
Banff National Park
* Mount Bowlen weather
Mountain Forecast
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowlen Three-thousanders of Alberta Three-thousanders of British Columbia Mountains of Banff National Park Mountains of Kootenay National Park

Geology

Climate

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

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