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Mount Lady Macdonald
- Prominence
- 114 m375 ft
- Isolation
- 1.6 km
- Tonight
- -14°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h W
Mount Lady Macdonald is a 2,606 m (8,550 ft) mountain in the Fairholme Range, Alberta, Canada.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,606 m · 8,550 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Charles Stewart (2,809 m)
- Range
- Fairholme Range
- Region
- Alberta, Canada
- Protected area
- Banff National Park
- Coordinates
- 51.1221° N, 115.3165° W
Mount Lady Macdonald 3D map
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Mount Lady Macdonald terrain and contours
50 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.
Mount Lady Macdonald elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Mount Lady Macdonald weather
Today · Clear · -14 / -10°C (7 / 14°F) · Wind 4 km/h W
Mount Lady Macdonald forecast for the summit, about 2,606 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,310 m.
- Today-14°-10°–4 km/h WBase -7 / -2°
- Sat-14°-7°4.8 mm8 km/h EBase -6 / 1°
- Sun-13°-8°–7 km/h WBase -6 / -1°
- Mon-12°-3°–7 km/h WBase -4 / 5°
- Tue-10°-2°0.4 mm6 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
- Wed-10°-8°4.7 mm5 km/h EBase -3 / 0°
- Thu-12°-7°7.1 mm4 km/h EBase -4 / 0°
- Fri-16°-10°1.4 mm7 km/h WBase -8 / -3°
- Sat-19°-10°–10 km/h WBase -12 / -2°
- Sun-14°-8°–9 km/h WBase -6 / 0°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Lady Macdonald
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Lady Macdonald, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.6 km SW
Nearest caravan site
Wapiti Campground
Nearest hut
Canmore Nordic Centre Day Lodge
Nearest campsite
Bow River Campground
Nearest trailhead
7.1 km SW
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.6 km SW |
| Parking | 3.6 km SW |
| Parking | 3.6 km SW |
| Wapiti CampgroundCaravan site | 3.9 km WSW |
| Canmore Nordic Centre Day LodgeHut | 6.0 km SW |
| Bow River CampgroundCampsite | 6.8 km S |
| Trailhead | 7.1 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 62.2% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,485 m low point 1,310 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 Mount Lady Macdonald summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Bald Eagle Peak2,514 m 2.1 km NW
- 2Mount Charles Stewart SE22,636 m 2.2 km NNE
- 3Mount Charles Stewart South2,776 m 2.4 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 232 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Dusky Grouse14
- Bighorn Sheep14
- Common juniper9
- Great blanketflower8
- Fairy-slipper7
- Alaskan bellflower7
Where Mount Lady Macdonald sits
- Region
- Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
- Protected area
- Banff National Park17
Nearby places
Grotto MountainPeak · 2,706 m↑5.1 km SE
Mount RundlePeak · 2,948 m↑11 km W
Lac des ArcsLake · 1,288 m↑12 km SE
Bow Valley↑12 km WNW
Sulphur MountainPeak · 2,451 m↑17 km W
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How accurate is this?
20 m low This 3D map reads 2,586 m at the summit; the official height is 2,606 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 36 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,606 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,586 m | -20 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,570 m | -36 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 2026-09-20)
- 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)