Cirque Peak

Cirque Peak is a 2,993-metre mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies west of Dolomite Pass in the Bow River valley. Its name comes from its cirque form, an amphitheatre-shaped hollow created by glacial erosion. The mountain is a popular hiking and scrambling destination because an easy route to the summit begins beyond Helen Lake and offers a high alpine approach with relatively accessible terrain. Cirque Peak is composed of sedimentary rock deposited from the Precambrian to the Jurassic in shallow seas, then thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold snowy winters, mild summers, and severe winter conditions.

Alberta · Canada