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Mount Erasmus · 3,265 m · 18 km WNW
Alberta

Mistaya Canyon

Floor1,402 m4,600 ft
Depth
1,271 m
Rim
2,932 m
Length
23 km
Tonight
-17°CFog · Wind 4 km/h NW

Mistaya Canyon is up to 1,271 m deep: the rim reaches 2,932 m and the floor 1,402 m, along 23 km.

All facts
Floor
1,402 m
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Depth

Depth of Mistaya Canyon

Up to 1,271 m deep (typically 608 m) along the 23.0 km in view.

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0001,271 mrimfloor01023.0 km

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

3D map

Mistaya Canyon 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 15.6 × 15.6 km

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Topographic map

Mistaya Canyon 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

Mistaya Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Mistaya Canyon weather

Today · Clear · -17 / -11°C (1 / 12°F) · Wind 4 km/h NW

Mistaya Canyon forecast for about 2,932 m.

  • Today-17°-11°–4 km/h NW
  • Sat-15°-8°3.7 mm7 km/h NE
  • Sun-15°-6°–5 km/h NE
  • Mon-12°-3°–4 km/h SW
  • Tue-11°-5°1.5 mm4 km/h SW
  • Wed-13°-9°5.3 mm6 km/h NE
  • Thu-20°-10°0.7 mm4 km/h SW
  • Fri-16°-12°0.3 mm4 km/h S
  • Sat-15°-13°0.3 mm7 km/h SW
  • Sun-16°-8°–7 km/h SW

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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mistaya Canyon

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km ENE
Mistaya Canyon ParkingParking1.1 km S
Howse Pass Equestrian trailParking2.1 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15.6 × 15.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
28.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.3%
Steep, 30–45°
27.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
10.0%
Steeper than 30°
37.5% of the 243 km² view
Relief in view
1,811 m low point 1,386 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 44.8%Trees 42.5%Moss & lichen 4.7%Snow & ice 4.0%Water 2.2%Grassland 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.8 km of Mistaya Canyon.

NESW2 km5 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Feuz Tower3,140 m 1.5 km NNE
  2. 2Gest Tower3,170 m 1.6 km NE
  3. 3Bison Tower3,185 m 2.5 km NE
  4. 4Cromwell Tower3,215 m 2.6 km ENE
  5. 5Engelhard Tower3,210 m 2.8 km ENE
  6. 6Mount Murchison3,348 m 3.9 km N
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.8 km; 281 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Canadian bunchberry39
  • Yellow Mountain-avens34
  • Fairy-slipper32
  • Elephant's-Head lousewort29
  • Canadian buffalo-berry27
  • Shrubby cinquefoil26
Where it sits

Where Mistaya Canyon sits

Region
Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
Protected area
Banff National Park17
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Nearby places

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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 2026-08-21)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia