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The Beehive

2,270 m7,448 ft

Prominence: 12 m40 ft
Isolation: 0.3 km
Tonight: -13°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h NW

The Beehive is a 2,270 m (7,448 ft) mountain in the Bow Range, Alberta, Canada.

All facts

Elevation: 2,270 m · 7,448 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount St. Piran (2,650 m)
Range: Bow Range
Region: Alberta, Canada
Protected area: Banff National Park
Coordinates: 51.4135° N, 116.2448° W

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3D map

The Beehive 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

The Beehive 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

The Beehive elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

The Beehive weather

Today · Clear · -13 / -6°C (9 / 21°F) · Wind 7 km/h NW

The Beehive forecast for the summit, about 2,270 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,542 m.

Today-13°-6°–7 km/h NWBase -9 / -1°
Sat-12°-3°4.2 mm9 km/h EBase -8 / 1°
Sun-11°-3°–6 km/h SEBase -7 / 2°
Mon-6°2°–1 km/h WBase -2 / 6°
Tue-7°-1°1.6 mm4 km/h WBase -3 / 4°
Wed-8°-3°15.8 mm6 km/h EBase -3 / 2°
Thu-15°-4°2.8 mm4 km/h SBase -11 / 0°
Fri-16°-7°1.3 mm3 km/h WBase -12 / -3°
Sat-13°-9°0.5 mm6 km/h SWBase -9 / -4°
Sun-13°-5°–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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

27.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.1%

Steep, 30–45°

32.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.4%

Steeper than 30°: 42.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,472 m low point 1,542 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 54.2%Bare rock / sparse 33.4%Moss & lichen 6.5%Water 2.7%Snow & ice 1.7%Grassland 1.4%

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 The Beehive summit.

Summit list 6

1Devil's Thumb2,458 m 0.6 km WSW
2The Little Beehive2,173 m 1.0 km NNE
3Mount St. Piran2,635 m 1.1 km NNW
4Mount Niblock2,977 m 2.0 km WNW
5Mount Whyte2,993 m 2.0 km WSW
6Fairview Mountain2,744 m 2.1 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 560 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Clark's Nutcracker715
Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel508
Steller's Jay336
Black-billed Magpie291
Columbian Ground Squirrel219
Fireweed202

Where it sits

Where The Beehive sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake O'Hara2,115 m8.7 km SW

The Beehive downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGThe Beehive satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-17.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,274 m at the summit; the official height is 2,270 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,270 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,274 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,245 m	-25 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)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia