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Mount Inglismaldie · 2,964 m · 12 km N
Alberta

Bow Valley

Floor1,315 m4,314 ft
Depth
1,172 m
Rim
2,488 m
Length
15.2 km
Tonight
-14°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Bow Valley is up to 1,172 m deep: the rim reaches 2,488 m and the floor 1,315 m, along 15.2 km.

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Floor
1,315 m
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Depth

Depth of Bow Valley

Up to 1,172 m deep (typically 466 m) along the 15.2 km in view.

1,0001,5002,0002,5001,172 mrimfloor051015.2 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Bow Valley 3D map

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Topographic map

Bow Valley terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bow Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Bow Valley weather

Today · Clear · -14 / -7°C (7 / 19°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Bow Valley forecast for about 2,488 m.

  • Today-14°-7°–6 km/h NW
  • Sat-13°-5°3.9 mm9 km/h E
  • Sun-12°-6°–6 km/h E
  • Mon-10°-1°–3 km/h W
  • Tue-10°-1°0.3 mm4 km/h W
  • Wed-9°-6°4.2 mm6 km/h E
  • Thu-10°-5°6.3 mm4 km/h SE
  • Fri-16°-9°2.0 mm5 km/h NW
  • Sat-19°-9°0.1 mm9 km/h W
  • Sun-14°-7°–6 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bow Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Bow Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    3.7 km N

    +2 more within 4.0 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Tunnel Mountain Village I Campground

    4.3 km NW · +1 more within 5.5 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Tunnel Mountain Trailer Court

    4.6 km NW · +2 more within 5.0 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking3.7 km N
Parking3.8 km NW
Parking4.0 km NW
Tunnel Mountain Village I CampgroundCampsite4.3 km NW
Tunnel Mountain Trailer CourtCaravan site4.6 km NW
Tunnel Mountain CampgroundCaravan site4.9 km WNW
Tunnel Mountain Village IICaravan site5.0 km WNW
Sp6 - Mount RundleCampsite5.5 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
45.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.9%
Steep, 30–45°
26.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.6%
Steeper than 30°
30.7% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
1,663 m low point 1,307 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 70.6%Bare rock / sparse 21.0%Grassland 4.6%Built-up 1.5%Water 1.2%Moss & lichen 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Bow Valley.

NESW2 km5 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Mount Rundle2,948 m 2.3 km SW
  2. 2Rundle 22,820 m 2.9 km W
  3. 3Rundle 12,949 m 3.7 km WNW
Where it sits

Where Bow Valley sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Canadian Rockies32
Region
Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Bow Valley downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia