Natural feature
Mount Rundle
Tilted limestone dip slope rising over the valley, home to bighorn sheep on its exposed rock bands.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Mount Rundle above Banff turns on an ordinary hiking descent one smoky August afternoon in twenty eighteen, and on the mountain's own unusual shape, a single vast slab of ancient sea floor tilted into what looks like an easy ramp. Along the way it follows the bighorn sheep that move across that same tilted rock without a stumble, and considers why weather off the Bow Valley changes everything for hikers. Best heard looking up at the mountain's long tilted face from the valley below.
This audio guide was created using AI.