Crowfoot Mountain

Crowfoot Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, rises beside the Crowfoot Glacier on its northeastern flank and took its name from that glacier in 1959. Like many peaks in the park, it is built of sedimentary rock deposited in ancient shallow seas from the Precambrian to the Jurassic. During the Laramide orogeny, older rock layers were thrust eastward over younger ones, shaping the mountain landscape visible today. The mountain stands in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and temperatures that can drop below -20 C, with wind chill below -30 C. Its runoff drains into the Bow River within the Saskatchewan River system.

Alberta · Canada