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Bow Glacier Falls Trail – Banff National Park

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Bow Glacier Falls Trail – Banff National Park

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4.9

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685

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Bow Glacier Falls Trail – Banff National Park

02:29

9.04km

140m

Hiking

On this varied hike, you’ll experience very different landscapes, with lakes, glaciers, mountains, forest, a gorge, barren scree fields and a waterfall. On this out and back, you get to do it all twice, the return journey providing fresh perspectives.

You start at a car park next to a historic…

by Canada's Alberta

Last updated: December 9, 2024

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Banff National Park

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403 m

Bow Lake

Highlight • Lake

The hike from the lake to the falls was a great highlight of our trip to Kanda. The wide plains show once again how much space there is in this country. Highly recommended, just walk!

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Little Canyon and Waterfall (Banff National Park)

Highlight • Canyon

On the way to Glacier Falls you pass this small waterfall, which is also worth a photo. Overall, the path is very beautiful, you don't know where to look.

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View of Bow Glacier and Bow Glacier Falls

Highlight • Viewpoint

From this small hill you have a good view of the foothills of the Wapta Icefield and the Bow Glacier Falls. The Plateau Glacier spans the Waputik Mountains into British …

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Bow Glacier Falls

Highlight • Waterfall

A wonderful little hike leads over some impassable and invisible paths to the waterfalls. Here it is advisable to use the cairns as a guide in the last part of …

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9.04 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.62 km

401 m

Surfaces

324 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (2,060 m)

Lowest point (1,940 m)

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Wednesday 5 August

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May 20, 2025,🇨🇦 Banff NP: Bow Glacier Falls Trail

Beautiful view of the lake and the mountains. I've been on the Icefields Parkway three times now, but I've only ever seen Bow Lake when it's frozen over. It first goes past the lake and then through a narrow, deep canyon. You should definitely check Komoot regularly to see if you're on the right path. There are only a few …

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September 11, 2024,Bow Glacier Falls

Today we decided to go on a tour along the southern Icefield Parkway. Unfortunately, tours are currently not possible in the northern section due to the large forest fire near Jasper in July/August.
The decision was great: the tour to Bow Falls was very varied. We started on a narrow shore path at Bow Lake, crossed the glacier river estuary, …

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May 10, 2023,bow lake und bow falls trail

Unfortunately we had to shorten the tour because we needed too much time on the way to the waterfall. That was very !!!! Pity.

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October 13, 2024

On this varied hike, you’ll experience very different landscapes, with lakes, glaciers, mountains, forest, a gorge, barren scree fields and a waterfall. On this out and back, you get to do it all twice, the return journey providing fresh perspectives.
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You start at a car park next to a historic lodge

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