Ptarmigan Lake
Ptarmigan Lake is an alpine lake at the foot of Ptarmigan Peak. The main access to the lake is a hiking and skiing trail which begins near the Lake Louise Mountain Resort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ptarmigan Peak and Redoubt Mountain.
Ptarmigan Peak
Peak
Photo: Graham Lewis, CC BY 2.0.
Ptarmigan Peak is a mountain located near Pika Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1909 by J.W.A. Hickson, who named it after encountering several rock ptarmigan in the meadows below the peak.
Redoubt Mountain
Peak
Photo: RedWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Redoubt Mountain is a mountain located in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It forms the southern buttress of Boulder Pass.
Hidden Lake
Lake
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Hidden Lake is a small glacial lake in the Skoki Valley of Banff National Park, Canada. It is located in the Slate Range of the Canadian Rockies. The lake can be reached by following a hiking trail for 8.4 km starting at Fish Creek, at the base of the Lake Louise Ski Area, near Lake Louise.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Louise.
Lake Louise
Photo: Benefactor123, CC BY 3.0.
Lake Louise is a beautiful mountain lake in the middle of Banff National Park in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. The lake is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, and at the far end is a large glacier.
Ptarmigan Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.48423° or 51° 29′ 3″ northLongitude
-116.07653° or 116° 4′ 36″ westElevation
2,321 metres (7,615 feet)Open location code
9535FWMF+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 357009025OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6113899Wikidata ID
Q7256639
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In Other Languages
“Ptarmigan Lake” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “אגם פטרמיגן”
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