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Fairview Mountain
- Prominence
- 266 m874 ft
- Isolation
- 1.7 km
- Tonight
- -16°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h NW
Fairview Mountain is a 2,744 m (9,003 ft) mountain in the Bow Range, Alberta, Canada.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,744 m · 9,003 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Haddo Peak (3,070 m)
- Range
- Bow Range
- Region
- Alberta, Canada
- Protected area
- Banff National Park
- Coordinates
- 51.3993° N, 116.2244° W
Fairview Mountain 3D map
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Fairview Mountain 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.
Fairview Mountain elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Fairview Mountain weather
Today · Clear · -16 / -8°C (3 / 18°F) · Wind 7 km/h NW
Fairview Mountain forecast for the summit, about 2,744 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,533 m.
- Today-16°-8°–7 km/h NWBase -9 / -1°
- Sat-15°-6°4.2 mm9 km/h EBase -7 / 1°
- Sun-14°-6°–6 km/h SEBase -7 / 2°
- Mon-9°-1°–1 km/h WBase -2 / 6°
- Tue-10°-3°1.6 mm4 km/h WBase -3 / 4°
- Wed-10°-6°15.8 mm6 km/h EBase -3 / 2°
- Thu-18°-7°2.8 mm4 km/h SBase -10 / 0°
- Fri-19°-10°1.3 mm3 km/h WBase -12 / -3°
- Sat-16°-11°0.5 mm6 km/h SWBase -9 / -4°
- Sun-16°-8°–5 km/h SWBase -9 / -1°
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 near Fairview Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Fairview Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Lake Louise handicap parking
Nearest campsite
Lake Louise Softsided Campground
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.9 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.0 km NNE |
| Lake Louise handicap parkingParking | 2.0 km NNE |
| Lake Louise Softsided CampgroundCampsite | 3.7 km ENE |
| Lake Louise Hardsided CampgroundCampsite | 4.0 km ENE |
| Campsite | 4.1 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 41.4% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,564 m low point 1,533 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Fairview Mountain summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Saddle Mountain2,433 m 1.2 km ESE
- 2Sheol Mountain2,776 m 1.7 km S
- 3Haddo Peak3,070 m 2.0 km SSW
- 4The Beehive2,270 m 2.1 km NW
- 5Devil's Thumb2,458 m 2.4 km NW
- 6The Little Beehive2,173 m 2.6 km NNW
- 7Mount Aberdeen3,152 m 2.7 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 562 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Clark's Nutcracker697
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel488
- Steller's Jay335
- Black-billed Magpie291
- Columbian Ground Squirrel217
- Fireweed203
Where Fairview Mountain sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Canadian Rockies32Bow Range7
- Region
- Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
- Protected area
- Banff National Park17
Nearby places
Lake Louise1,731 m↑1.4 km N
The BeehivePeak · 2,270 m↑2.1 km NW
Mount AberdeenPeak · 3,152 m↑2.7 km SW
Mount LefroyPeak · 3,423 m↑5.7 km SW
Abbot Pass2,925 m↑5.9 km SW
More in the Bow Range 2
Fairview Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,737 m at the summit; the official height is 2,744 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,744 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,737 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,722 m | -22 m |
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
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, 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)