{{short description|Mountain in Alberta/BC, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name= Mount Bowlen | image= Mount Bowlen from Moraine Lake at dusk in late fall.jpg | image_caption= Mount Bowlen from Moraine Lake | elevation_m= 3072 | elevation_ref=<ref name=bivouac/><ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb |id= 160 |name=Mount Bowlen |accessdate= 2019-08-20}}</ref> | prominence_m= 170 | prominence_ref=<ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1572|name=Mount Bowlen|access-date=2025-03-24}}</ref> | parent= Bow Range<ref name=82N08>NTS map sheet 82N08</ref><ref name=bivouac/> | parent_peak= | listing= Mountains of Alberta<br/>Mountains of British Columbia | subdivision1_type= Provinces | subdivision1= {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}} | country= Canada | subdivision2_type= National Parks | subdivision2= {{enum|Banff|Kootenay}} | map= Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption= Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | label_position= right#left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Bowlen | coordinates= {{coord|51|18|06|N|116|11|22|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref=<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id= 467|title=Mount Bowlen|access-date= 2013-06-29}}</ref> | topo_map= NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}<ref name=bcgnis/> | first_ascent= 1901 G.T. Little, Charles S. Thompson, G.M. Weed, Hans&nbsp;Kaufmann<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route= }}

'''Mount Bowlen''' is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia and forms part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks. It was named in 1953 after John J. Bowlen, a native of Prince Edward Island, successful Alberta rancher, honorary chief of the Blackfoot, and a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Its former name was "Yamnee", which translates to the number three in the local Nakoda (Stoney) language.<ref name=crdb/><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Boles | first1 = len W.| first2 = Roger W. | last2 = Laurilla | first3 =William L. | last3 = Putnam | title = Canadian Mountain Place Names | url = https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole | url-access = registration | location = Vancouver| publisher = Rocky Mountain Books | year= 2006| pages = [https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole/page/47 47–48]| isbn = 978-1-894765-79-4}}</ref>

==Geology== The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below {{cvt|-20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|-30|C}} in the winter.

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Moraine Lake Half Frozen.jpg|Mount Bowlen centered and reflected in Moraine Lake File:Mount Bowlen seen from Larch Valley.jpg|Mount Bowlen seen from Larch Valley File:Mount Bowlen 2009.jpg </gallery> </div>

==See also== *List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

==References== {{reflist}}

==Further reading== * Dave Birrell, '''[https://books.google.com/books?id=OaB-yf_MJXMC&dq=%22Mount+Bowlen%22&pg=PA87 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies]''', P 87

* '''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ANsdpA3E8wsC&dq=%22Mount+Bowlen%22&pg=PA279 Western Canada]''', P 280

* Paul Zizka, '''[https://books.google.com/books?id=goZewD5O29sC&dq=%22Mount+Bowlen%22&pg=PT33 Summits and Starlight: The Canadian Rockies]'''

==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park] * Mount Bowlen weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Bowlen/forecasts/3206 Mountain Forecast]

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