Lake Louise (LL)
Mount Temple

Mount Temple

Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek and is the highest peak in the Lake Louise area. The peak dominates the western landscape along the Trans-Canada Highway from Castle Junction to Lake Louise. The mountain was named by George Mercer Dawson in 1884 after Sir Richard Temple who visited the Canadian Rockies that same year. Mt. Temple was the first 11,000-foot (3,400 m) peak to be climbed in the Canadian segment of the Rocky Mountains (Wikipedia). Here are photos of Mount Temple taken during our hikes from different angles at different times.

From Mount Castle

Mount Temple from Castle (zoom in)
Mount Temple from Castle (zoom in)

From Mount Jimmy Simpson

Mt Temple from Mt Jimmy Simpson (on the right with snow, zoom in)
Mt Temple from Mt Jimmy Simpson (on the right with snow, zoom in)

From Saddle Mountain

Mt Temple from Saddle Mountain
Mt Temple from Saddle Mountain

From Paradise Valley

Mt Temple from Paradise Valley
Mt Temple from Paradise Valley

From Fairview Mountain

Mt Temple from Fairview Mountain (zoom in on a smoky day)
Mt Temple from Fairview Mountain (zoom in on a smoky day)

From Moraine Lake Road

Mt Temple from Moraine Lake Road (winter XC)
Mt Temple from Moraine Lake Road (winter XC)

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