Bow Range

{{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 areas | part = {{unbulleted list|Banff National Park|Kootenay National Park}}

| parent= Canadian Rockies
(Southern Continental Ranges)

| borders_on= {{enum|Waputik Range|Slate Range|Ball Range|Ottertail Range}}

| area_km2= 717

| area_ref=

| length_km= 34

| length_ref=

| width_km= 43

| width_ref=

| length_orientation= N-S

| highest= Mount Temple

| highest_location= Alberta

| elevation_m= 3543

| elevation_ref={{cite crdb|id= 1376|name=Mount Temple|access-date=2019-08-17}}

| listing = 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={{cite cgndb | id = IALEB | name = Mount Temple | access-date = 2023-09-04}}

| 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=

}}

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.{{cite bcgnis|473|Bow Range|2009-01-13}}

It is a part of the Banff-Lake Louise Core Area of the Southern Continental Ranges, located on the 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 km (from north to south) and a maximum width of 43 km.{{cite peakbagger |rid=141312 |name=Bow Range |access-date=2006-09-20}} The highest peak is Mount Temple, with an elevation of {{convert|3543|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. 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 Beehive plain of the Six Glaciers system and Saddle Back Pass.