Crowfoot Mountain lies to the west and south of Bow Lake, the highest (southernmost) of its three peaks rising above Crowfoot Glacier. The mountain, glacier, and high pass to the west of Bow Peak were not named to honour the great native leader who, trusting in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, signed Treaty #7. Rather the name's origin derives from the lower part of the glacier that formerly had the shape of a crow's foot. A viewpoint south of the southern end of Bow Lake provides an opportunity to see what remains of the crow's foot. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, this and all the glaciers in the Rockies have receded considerably and the resemblance to a crow's foot is not as obvious as it was. The viewpoint is also an excellent one from which to admire the wide cliffs below the ridge that leads to the southern summit of Crowfoot Mountain.