Wapta Icefield
The Wapta Icefield is a series of glaciers located on the Continental Divide in the Waputik Mountains of the Canadian Rockies, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bow Hut and Mount Olive.
Bow Hut
Mountain hut
The Bow Hut is an alpine hut located at an elevation of 2,350 metres on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield in Banff National Park. It is the largest, best equipped, and most accessible of the four alpine huts on the Wapta Icefield, and serves as the base for a wide variety of ski tours and mountaineering ascents to half a dozen peaks on the Wapta.
Mount Olive
Peak
Mount Olive is located N of the head of the Yoho River on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park.
Mount Thompson
Peak
Photo: Antony Stanley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Thompson is a 3,089-metre mountain summit located four kilometres west of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Thompson is situated 3½ km northwest of Wapta Icefield.
Wapta Icefield
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,642 metres
- Description: ice field in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: ice field and landform
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wapta Icefield” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wapta Icefield”
- Hebrew: “שדה הקרח ואפטה”
- Japanese: “ワプタ氷原”
- Swedish: “Wapta Icefield”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cathedral and Hector.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Nicholas Peak and Bow Glacier.
Alberta: Must-Visit Destinations
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