Saddle Mountain

Saddle Mountain is a 2,433-metre peak in Banff National Park’s Bow Valley, near Lake Louise in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies. Although not one of the park’s highest summits, it stands out prominently above the Bow River valley, is visible from Highway 1 and Morant’s Curve, and is known for broad views and a close look at Mount Temple’s north face. Samuel E.S. Allen applied its descriptive name in 1894, and Canada officially adopted it in 1952. Formed of sedimentary rock later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, it rises steeply from nearby creeks and remains a popular scramble summit.

Alberta · Canada