Protection Mountain

Protection Mountain is a prominent peak in Banff National Park in Alberta’s Sawback Range, rising steeply above Bow Valley and draining into the Bow River. Named in 1911 by James F. Porter for shielding the beautiful Wonder Valley to the north, it was officially adopted under that name in 1983, though the summit is also unofficially called Television Peak. The mountain is the sixth-highest in the Sawback Range. Like many Banff peaks, it consists of sedimentary rock formed in shallow seas from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and later pushed eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters and mild summers.

Alberta · Canada