Mount Allen (Bow Range)

For other uses, see Mount Allen (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Mount Allan (Canada).

Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, on the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region. J. Monroe Thorington named this mountain for Samuel Evans Stokes Allen in 1924.^[3][6] Allen was an American cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in 1894–1895.^[7][8][9] Allen had named this mountain "Shappee", the Stoney language word for "six", as part of his naming of the ten mountains in the Valley of the Ten Peaks.^[9] The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in Banff National Park.

Mount Allen
Shappee
Highest point
Elevation	3,310 m (10,860 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	260 m (850 ft)[3][notes 1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°17′33″N 116°13′12″W[4][5]
Geography
Mount Allen Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Mount Allen Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Mount Allen Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Interactive map of
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parks	Banff and Yoho
Parent range	Bow Range[4][3]
Topo map	NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4][5]
Climbing
First ascent	1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1][3]

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.^[10] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[11]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[12] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C in the winter.

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

Gallery

• 
  Allen from Larch Valley
• 
  Moraine Lake with Mount Allen centered