The icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers extend from the icefield. Runoff from the Waputik Icefield provides water for numerous lakes, streams and rivers including Hector Lake, and the Bow, Kicking Horse and Yoho Rivers. Runoff from the Daly Glacier feeds Takakkaw Falls.
The icefield encompasses 40 km2 (15 miles²) and is located 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Lake Louise, on the west side of the Icefields Parkway.
The icefield is easily accessible by mountaineers in both the summer and winter. Both ski trips in the winter and glacier hiking trips in the summer often combine a traverse of this icefield with a trip across the Wapta Icefield directly to the north.
waputik, icefield, located, continental, divide, canadian, rocky, mountains, provinces, british, columbia, alberta, developed, heights, waputik, range, central, main, ranges, skiing, waputik, balfourthe, icefield, shared, banff, yoho, national, parks, numerous. The Waputik Icefield is located on the Continental divide in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta It is developed on the heights of the Waputik Range in the Central Main Ranges Skiing up the Waputik to Mt BalfourThe icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers extend from the icefield Runoff from the Waputik Icefield provides water for numerous lakes streams and rivers including Hector Lake and the Bow Kicking Horse and Yoho Rivers Runoff from the Daly Glacier feeds Takakkaw Falls The icefield encompasses 40 km2 15 miles and is located 20 km 12 mi northwest of Lake Louise on the west side of the Icefields Parkway The icefield is easily accessible by mountaineers in both the summer and winter Both ski trips in the winter and glacier hiking trips in the summer often combine a traverse of this icefield with a trip across the Wapta Icefield directly to the north Contents 1 Glaciers 2 Huts 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGlaciers EditThe following glaciers are part of this icefield Waputik Glacier Diableret Glacier Glacier des Poilus Emerald Glacier Bath Glacier Niles Glacier Balfour Glacier Daly Glacier A panoramic photo of the Waputik Icefield taken from the Scott Duncan Hut in 2005Huts EditThere are two huts operated by the Alpine Club of Canada which are accessible from this icefield Scott Duncan Hut 1 Balfour Hut 2 See also EditList of glaciersReferences Edit Scott Duncan Hut R J Ritchie Balfour Hut Bivouac com Waputik Icefield Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Retrieved 2006 07 03 External links Edit Media related to Waputik Icefield at Wikimedia Commons 51 34 N 116 27 W 51 567 N 116 450 W 51 567 116 450 This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a glacier in Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Alberta s Rockies location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Waputik Icefield amp oldid 1137238763, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
