List of mountains of Alberta
Most of Alberta's mountains are found on the western edge of the province of Alberta, consisting of the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, which run through the province from Alberta's mid-point to its southern border with the United States. Other elevated spots can be found in the Caribou Mountains and the Cypress Hills.
The peaks of the Canadian Rockies are majestic, many of them reaching a height of more than three kilometres above sea level. Alberta's southwestern boundary is traced on the Continental Divide, along the high ranges of the Rocky Mountains, and many peaks are located on the Alberta–British Columbia border. The peak of Mount Columbia, within Jasper National Park, is the highest point in Alberta, second highest in the Canadian Rockies and 28th highest in Canada.
The Caribou Mountains are located in the northern extremity of Alberta, forming an elevated plateau in the northern plains and wetlands. They reach an altitude of 1,030 m, almost 700 m higher than the surrounding area.
While not considered mountains, the Cypress Hills, located in the south-eastern corner of Alberta, extending into Saskatchewan, constitute the highest terrain in Canada between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador. They reach a maximum elevation of 1,468 m, 600 m above the surrounding prairie.
List of mountains
[edit]Peak | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Range | Remarks
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Aberdeen | 3,157 | 10,358 | Bow Range | Named for 7th Governor General of Canada |
Abraham | 2,820 | 9,252 | Front Range | Named for a Stoney Indian guide |
Adam Joachim | 3,094 | 10,151 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Aeolus | 2,643 | 8,671 | Bosche Range | |
Aiguille | 2,999 | 9,839 | Waputik Range | Named for French word aiguille, meaning needle |
Alberta | 3,619 | 11,873 | Winston Churchill Range | Third highest in Alberta |
Alexandra | 3,401 | 11,158 | Park Ranges | Named for Queen Alexandra |
Allan | 2,819 | 9,249 | Kananaskis Range | |
Allen | 3,310 | 10,860 | Sundance Range | Part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Allenby | 2,995 | 9,826 | Sundance Range | Named for a British Army field-marshal who served in WWI |
Allison | 2,646 | 8,681 | High Rock Range | Named for a law enforcement agent |
Allstones | 2,940 | 9,646 | Front Ranges | |
Amber | 2,565 | 8,415 | Maligne Range | |
Amery | 3,329 | 10,922 | Lyell Group | |
Anderson | 2,685 | 8,809 | Clark Range | |
Andromache | 3,033 | 9,951 | Front Ranges | |
Andromeda | 3,450 | 11,319 | Columbia Icefield | |
Angle | 2,910 | 9,547 | Front Ranges | |
Anthozoan | 2,695 | 8,842 | Slate Range | |
Anûkathâ Îpa | 2,514 | 8,248 | Fairholme Range | Previously known by a racist name |
Apex | 3,246 | 10,650 | Park Ranges | Located in the centre of the Clemenceau Icefield |
Apparition | 3,002 | 9,849 | Palliser Range | |
Aquila | 2,730 | 8,957 | Park Ranges | Named after the eagles in the area |
Arethusa | 2,912 | 9,554 | Misty Range | Named for a British cruiser sunk in WWI |
Armstrong | 2,823 | 9,262 | High Rock Range | Named for Canadian soldier killed in WWI |
Assiniboine | 3,616 | 11,864 | Assiniboine Group | Highest peak of the Southern Continental Ranges |
Association | 2,362 | 7,749 | Fairholme Range | |
Astley | 2,869 | 9,413 | Palliser Range | |
Athabasca | 3,491 | 11,453 | Columbia Icefield | |
Aurora | 2,789 | 9,150 | Blue Range | |
Aye | 3,243 | 10,640 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Aylmer | 3,162 | 10,374 | Palliser Range |
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Babel | 3,101 | 10,174 | Bow Range | |
Backus | 1,815 | 5,955 | Canadian Rockies | |
Baker | 3,180 | 10,433 | Waputik Mountains | On the Continental Divide |
Baldy | 2,192 | 7,192 | Fisher Range | |
Ball | 3,311 | 10,863 | Ball Range | Named for a politician who helped secure funding for the Palliser expedition |
Balfour | 3,272 | 10,735 | Waputik Range | Named for a Scottish botanist |
Banded | 2,934 | 9,626 | Kananaskis Range | Named for distinctive limestone cliff band |
Barbette | 3,072 | 10,079 | Waputik Mountains | |
Barlow | 3,120 | 10,236 | Park Ranges | Named for a GSC cartographer who died in a maritime disaster |
Barnard | 3,339 | 10,955 | Park Ranges | Named for a Lt. Governor of B.C. |
Barricade | 3,180 | 10,433 | Front Ranges | |
Basilica | 2,899 | 9,511 | Park Ranges | |
Bauerman | 2,377 | 7,799 | Border Ranges | Named for a government geologist |
Beacon | 2,986 | 9,797 | Park Ranges | |
Beatrice | 3,125 | 10,253 | Ball Range | On the Continental Divide |
Beatty | 3,004 | 9,856 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Beaupré | 2,778 | 9,114 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Beehive (High Rock) | 2,895 | 9,498 | High Rock Range | On the Continental Divide |
Beehive (Lake Louise) | 2,270 | 7,448 | Bow Range | |
Beersheba | 3,054 | 10,020 | Sundance Range | |
Bell | 2,910 | 9,547 | Bow Range | |
Bennington | 3,260 | 10,696 | Park Ranges | |
Bergne | 3,176 | 10,420 | Park Ranges | Named for mountaineer who died in a climbing accident |
Bertha | 2,454 | 8,051 | Clark Range | |
Bess | 3,203 | 10,509 | Front Ranges | |
Bident | 3,084 | 10,118 | Bow Range | Shape of a bident |
Big Bend | 2,804 | 9,199 | Columbia Icefield | |
Bishop | 2,850 | 9,350 | Elk Range | – |
Birdwood | 3,097 | 10,161 | Spray Mountains | |
Blackhorn | 3,000 | 9,843 | South Jasper Ranges | |
Black Prince | 2,939 | 9,642 | Spray Mountains | |
Blakiston | 2,910 | 9,547 | Clark Range | Highest in Waterton Lakes National Park |
Blane | 2,993 | 9,820 | Opal Range | |
Block | 2,935 | 9,629 | Sawback Range | |
Bluerock | 2,789 | 9,150 | Front Ranges | |
Bogart | 3,144 | 10,315 | Kananaskis Range | |
Bolton | 2,706 | 8,878 | High Rock Range | Named for Canadian soldier killed in World War I |
Bonnet | 3,235 | 10,614 | Sawback Range | |
Boswell | 2,454 | 8,051 | Border Ranges | |
Bourgeau | 2,930 | 9,613 | Massive Range | |
Bow Peak | 2,840 | 9,318 | Waputik Mountains | |
Brachiopod | 2,667 | 8,750 | Slate Range | |
Brazeau | 3,470 | 11,385 | Brazeau Range | |
Breaker | 3,058 | 10,033 | Waputik Range | |
Brett | 2984 | 9790 | Massive Range | |
Brewster | 2859 | 9380 | Vermilion Range | |
Bridgland | 2930 | 9613 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Brock | 2902 | 9521 | Opal Range | |
Brussels | 3161 | 10371 | Park Ranges | |
Bryant | 2629 | 8625 | Fisher Range | |
Buller | 2805 | 9203 | Kananaskis Range | |
Bulyea | 3,332 | 10,932 | Park Ranges | Named after first Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta |
Burney | 2934 | 9626 | Opal Range | |
Burns | 2936 | 9633 | Front Ranges | |
Burstall | 2760 | 9055 | Spray Mountains | |
Byng | 2,930 | 9,613 | Blue Range |
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Cairngorm | 2,610 | 8,563 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Caldron | 2,909 | 9,544 | Waputik Range | |
Cambrai | 3,165 | 10,384 | Park Ranges | Named for Battle of Cambrai (1917) |
Campion | 2,484 | 8,150 | Hoff Range | |
Caribou | 1,030 | 3,379 | Caribou Mountains | Range in northern Alberta wetlands |
Cascade | 2,998 | 9,836 | Vermillion Range | |
Castle | 2,766 | 9,075 | Sawback Range | |
Castelets | 2,884 | 9,462 | Columbia Icefield | |
Catacombs | 3,290 | 10,794 | ||
Cataract | 3,333 | 10,935 | Front Ranges | Named for nearby Cataract Creek |
Charles Stewart | 2,809 | 9,216 | Fairholme Range | |
Cautley | 2,880 | 9,449 | Park Ranges | Named for a surveyor |
Cave | 2,650 | 8,694 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Centre | 2,700 | 8,858 | Maligne Range | Named for its location between two mountains |
Chaba | 3,212 | 10,538 | Park Ranges | Chaba is the Nakoda word for beaver |
Chak | 2,775 | 9,104 | ||
Charlton | 3,217 | 10,554 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Chephren | 3,266 | 10,715 | Waputik Range | Former name: Pyramid Mountain |
Chester | 3,054 | 10,020 | Kananaskis Range | |
Chetamon | 2,606 | 8,550 | ||
Chevron | 2,835 | 9,301 | Park Ranges | Named for similarity to a chevron |
Chimney | 3,002 | 9,849 | Bow Range | Named for chimney feature on climbing route |
Chinook | 2,591 | 8,501 | Flathead Range | |
Chown | 3,316 | 10,879 | Front Ranges | |
Christian | 3,406 | 11,175 | Park Ranges | Named for Swiss mountain guide |
Christie | 3,103 | 10,180 | ||
Cirque | 2,993 | 9,820 | ||
Cinquefoil | 2,256 | 7,402 | Jacques Range | |
Cirrus | 3,270 | 10,728 | ||
Citadel | 2,625 | 8,612 | On the Continental Divide | |
Clairvaux | 2,690 | 8,825 | Park Ranges | French word meaning "clear valleys" |
Cliff | 2,763 | 9,065 | Front Ranges | Named for steep faces on all sides |
Cline | 3361 | 11027 | Park Ranges | |
Cockscomb | 2776 | 9108 | Sawback Range | |
Coleman | 3135 | 10285 | ||
Colin | 2687 | 8816 | Colin Range | |
Columbia | 3747 | 12294 | Winston Churchill Range | Highest peak in Alberta |
Commonwealth | 2775 | 9104 | Spray Mountains | |
Compression | 2545 | 8351 | Fisher Range | |
Cone | 2910 | 9548 | Sundance Range | On the Continental Divide |
Confederation | 2969 | 9741 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Consort | 2883 | 9459 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Conway | 3,098 | 10,164 | Park Ranges | Named for a British mountaineer |
Copper | 2,795 | 9,170 | Ball Range | |
Cordonnier | 3,012 | 9,882 | Park Ranges | Named for a French army general |
Cornwall | 2970 | 9744 | ||
Cornwell | 2972 | 9750 | Kananaskis Range | On the Continental Divide |
Coronach | 2462 | 8077 | Bosche Range | |
Coronation | 3,176 | 10,420 | Park Ranges | |
Coronet | 3152 | 10341 | ||
Cory | 2802 | 9193 | Sawback Range | |
Costigan | 2,973 | 9,754 | Palliser Range | Named for a Canadian politician |
Côté | 2,391 | 7,844 | Front Ranges | Named for a Canadian politician |
Cougar | 2863 | 9394 | ||
Crandell | 2381 | 7812 | Clark Range | |
Cromwell | 3330 | 10926 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Crowfoot | 3055 | 10023 | Site of Crowfoot Glacier | |
Crowsnest | 2785 | 9137 | Crowsnest Range | Southernmost peak in Alberta |
Cumnock | 2438 | 7999 | De Smet Range | |
Curator | 2624 | 8609 | Maligne Range | |
Curia | 2,873 | 9,426 | Park Ranges | Named for its resemblance to a curia |
Currie | 2,770 | 9,088 | Blue Range | |
Cyclone | 3,050 | 10,007 | Park Ranges | Named for a storm that occurred during first ascent |
Cypress | 1,468 | 4,816 | Highest point between Rockies and Labrador
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Darrah | 2,755 | 9,039 | Flathead Range | Named for an astronomer |
Deltaform | 3,424 | 11,234 | Bow Range | Part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Davidson | 2,919 | 9,577 | Canadian Rockies | |
Dent | 3,267 | 10,719 | Park Ranges | Named after an English mountaineer |
De Veber | 2,573 | 8,442 | Front Ranges | Named for a Canadian politician |
Devils Head | 2,997 | 9,833 | Canadian Rockies | |
Devon | 3,004 | 9,856 | Front Ranges | Named for the Devonian period |
Diadem | 3,371 | 11,060 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Division | 3,020 | 9,908 | Canadian Rockies | |
Dolomite | 2,998 | 9,836 | Front Ranges → Murchison Group | Named for resemblance to the Dolomites in the Italian Alps |
Douai | 3,120 | 10,236 | Park Ranges | Named for a village in France |
Dragon | 2,880 | 9,449 | Park Ranges | Named for its dragon-shaped rock formation |
Dromore | 2,660 | 8,727 | Colin Range | Named for a town in Ireland |
Drummond | 3,148 | 10,328 | Park Ranges | Named for an explorer |
Dungarvan | 2,575 | 8,448 | Waterton Lakes NP | |
Dungeon | 3,129 | 10,266 | Park Ranges |
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Eagle | 2,820 | 9,252 | ||
Eden | 3,180 | 10,433 | Park Ranges | |
Edith | 2,554 | 8,379 | Sawback Range | |
Edith Cavell | 3,363 | 11,033 | South Jasper Ranges | |
Elephas | 2,978 | 9,770 | Park Ranges | |
Elliott | 2,873 | 9,426 | ||
Elpoca | 3,036 | 9,961 | Opal Range | |
Emigrants | 2,553 | 8,376 | Victoria Cross Ranges | Named for gold miners of the Cariboo Gold Rush |
End | 2,453 | 8,048 | ||
Engadine | 2,972 | 9,751 | Kananaskis Range | |
Engelhard | 3,270 | 10,728 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Ehagay Nakoda | 2,685 | 8,809 | South Banff Range | Named for a Stoney Nakoda legend about the mountain |
Epaulette | 3,094 | 10,151 | Waputik Mountains | |
Erasmus | 3,265 | 10,712 | Central Icefields | |
Erebus | 3,112 | 10,210 | Park Ranges | |
Ermatinger | 3,060 | 10,039 | Park Ranges | |
Ernest | 3,498 | 11,476 | Park Ranges | Highest peak of Mt. Lyell |
Ernest Ross | 2,454 | 8,051 | – | |
Esplanade | 2,301 | 7,549 | ||
Estella | 3,069 | 10,069 | Trident Range | |
Etherington | 2,877 | 9,439 | High Rock Range | |
Evans | 3,210 | 10,531 | Park Ranges | Named for British Antarctic explorer |
Evan-Thomas | 3,097 | 10,161 | Opal Range | |
Evelyn | 2,855 | 9,367 | Maligne Range | Unofficial name |
Ex Coelis | 2,545 | 8,350 |
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Fable | 2,702 | 8,865 | Fairholme Range | |
Fairview | 2,744 | 9,003 | Bow Range | Also called Mount Fairview |
Fatigue | 2,950 | 9,678 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Fay | 3,235 | 10,614 | Bow Range | |
Fiddle | 2243 | 7359 | Fiddle Range | |
Fifi | 2621 | 8599 | Sawback Range | |
Fist | 2630 | 8629 | Spray Mountains | |
Finger | 2545 | 8350 | Sawback Range | Unofficial name |
Fisher | 3053 | 10019 | Fisher Range | |
Flints | 2950 | 9682 | Vermilion Range | |
Foch | 3,194 | 10,479 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Font | 2,353 | 7,720 | Clark Range | |
Forbes | 3,612 | 11,850 | Park Ranges | Named for a natural history professor |
Forget | 2,121 | 6,959 | Front Ranges | Named for a Canadian politician |
Forgetmenot | 2,332 | 7,651 | ||
Fortress, The | 3,000 | 9,843 | Kananaskis Range | Named for its fortress like appearance |
Fortune | 2,340 | 7,677 | Park Ranges | Named for a naval ship |
Fossil | 2,946 | 9,665 | Slate Range | |
Fox | 2,973 | 9,754 | Park Ranges | Named for an English engineer |
Franchère | 2,805 | 9,203 | Jasper NP | |
Fraser | 3,322 | 10,899 | Park Ranges | Named for explorer of British Columbia |
French | 3,244 | 10,643 | Spray Mountains | |
Freshfield | 3,336 | 10,945 | Park Ranges | Named for a British climber |
Fresnoy | 3,240 | 10,630 | Park Ranges | Named for a village in France |
Fryatt | 3,361 | 11,027 | South of Edith Cavell | |
Fullerton | 2,728 | 8,950 | Fisher Range |
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Galatea | 3,185 | 10,449 | Kananaskis Range | |
Galwey | 2,377 | 7,799 | Crowsnest Range | |
Gap | 2,675 | 8,776 | Opal Range | |
Gargoyle | 2,693 | 8,835 | ||
Garth | 3,043 | 9,984 | Park Ranges | Named for a local fur trader |
GEC | 3,130 | 10,269 | Winston Churchill Range | Named for trio who did FA |
Gendarme Mountain | 2,927 | 9,603 | Park Ranges | |
Geraldine | 2,930 | 9,613 | Unofficial name | |
Gibraltar | 2,665 | 8,743 | Highwood Range | |
Gilgit | 3,090 | 10,138 | Park Ranges | Named for Gilgit, Pakistan |
Girouard | 2,995 | 9,826 | Fairholme Range | |
Glacier | 3,302 | 10,833 | Park Ranges | Named for glacier on north side |
Glasgow | 2,935 | 9,629 | ||
Gloria | 2,908 | 9,541 | Park Ranges | Named for lake on northern side |
Goatview | 2,804 | 9,199 | Goat Range | |
Golden Eagle | 3,048 | 10,000 | Park Ranges | Named for golden eagles in the area |
Golden | 2,933 | 9,623 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Gong | 3120 | 10237 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Gordon | 3161 | 10368 | Waputik Range | |
Gorman | 2,380 | 7,808 | Northern Rocky Mountains | Named for a DLS surveyor |
Grant MacEwan | 2149 | 7051 | Bow Valley | |
Greenock | 2073 | 6081 | De Smet Range | |
Grisette | 2620 | 8600 | Colin Range | |
Grotto | 2706 | 8878 | Fairholme Range | |
Gusty | 3,000 | 9,843 | Kananaskis Range |
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Ha Ling Peak | 2,407 | 7,897 | Former name: Chinaman's Peak | |
Habel | 3,073 | 10,082 | Waputik Mountains | Named for a German geographer |
Haddo | 3,070 | 10,072 | Bow Range | |
Haiduk | 2,920 | 9,580 | Ball Range | On the Continental Divide |
Haig | 2,610 | 8,563 | Clark Range | Named for a British astronomer |
Hardisty | 2,716 | 8,911 | Maligne Range | |
Hawk | 2,553 | 8,376 | Colin Range | |
Head | 2,782 | 9,127 | Highwood Range | |
Heart | 2,135 | 7,005 | Bow Valley | Named for its heart-shaped appearance |
Heather | 2,636 | 8,648 | Slate Range | |
Hector | 3,394 | 11,135 | Front Ranges → Murchison Group | Named for a geologist on the Palliser expedition |
Helmer | 3,030 | 9,941 | Park Ranges | Named for father and son killed in World War I |
Henry MacLeod | 3,315 | 10,876 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Hilda | 3,058 | 10,033 | Columbia Icefield | |
Holcroft | 2,713 | 8,901 | High Rock Range | Named for soldier killed in World War I |
Holy Cross | 2,650 | 8,694 | Highwood Range | |
Hood | 2,903 | 9,524 | Opal Range | Named for a British Admiral who died in combat during World War I |
Hooker | 3,287 | 10,784 | Park Ranges | Named for an English botanist |
Howard | 2,777 | 9,111 | Fisher Range | |
Howard Douglas | 2,877 | 9,439 | Park Ranges | |
Howse | 3,295 | 10,810 | Waputik Range | |
Hungabee | 3,492 | 11,457 | Bow Range |
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Indefatigable | 2,667 | 8,750 | Spray Mountains | |
Indian Ridge | 2,820 | 9,252 | Trident Range | |
Inflexible | 3,000 | 9,843 | Kananaskis Range | Named for HMS Inflexible |
Inglismaldie | 2,964 | 9,724 | Fairholme Range | |
Intersection | 2,452 | 8,045 | Front Ranges | Intersection where BC/Alberta border diverges from 120th Meridian |
Invincible | 2,700 | 8,858 | Spray Mountains | |
Isabelle | 2,926 | 9,600 | Ball Range | |
Ishbel | 2,908 | 9,541 | Sawback Range |
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James Walker | 3,035 | 9,957 | Kananaskis Range | |
Jellicoe | 3,075 | 10,089 | Spray Mountains | |
Jerram | 2,996 | 9,829 | Opal Range | – |
Jimmy Simpson | 2,966 | 9,731 | Waputik Mountains | |
Joffre | 3,450 | 11,319 | Elk Range | On the Continental Divide |
John Laurie | 2,240 | 7,349 | Bow Valley | Also named Mount Yamnuska |
Julian | 2,869 | 9,413 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Jumpingpound | 2,240 | 7,349 | Kananaskis Range | |
Junction | 2,682 | 8,799 | Highwood Range |
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Karpathos | 2,987 | 9,800 | ||
Kent | 2,635 | 8,645 | Kananaskis Range | |
Kerr | 2,560 | 8,399 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Kenow | 2,697 | 8,848 | Clark Range | On the Continental Divide |
Kerkeslin | 2,984 | 9,790 | Maligne Range | |
Kidd | 2,958 | 9,705 | Kananaskis Range | |
King Albert | 2,987 | 9,800 | Park Ranges | Named for King Albert of Belgium |
King Edward (Mount) | 3,490 | 11,450 | Columbia Icefield | |
Kista | 2,576 | 8,451 | Ram Range | |
Kitchener | 3,505 | 11,499 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Kleodora | 2,850 | 9,350 | Park Ranges |
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Lady Macdonald | 2,606 | 8,550 | Fairholme Range | Named for wife of first Prime Minister of Canada |
Lambe | 3,182 | 10,440 | Park Ranges | Named for a Canadian palaeontologist |
Lawrence Grassi | 2,685 | 8,809 | Canadian Rockies | Named for Lawrence Grassi |
Lawson | 2,795 | 9,170 | Kananaskis Range | |
La Coulotte Peak | 2,438 | 7,999 | Flathead Range | |
La Coulotte Ridge | 2,438 | 7,999 | Flathead Range | Named for area in France where Canadian troops fought in WWI |
Lefroy | 3,423 | 11,230 | Bow Range | Named for an English astronomer |
Leah | 2,801 | 9,190 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Lectern | 2,772 | 9,094 | Trident Range | |
Leman | 2,730 | 8,957 | Park Ranges | Named for Belgian General of WWI |
Leval | 2,713 | 8,901 | Blue Range | Named for lawyer who represented Edith Cavell in her WWI trial |
Lipalian | 2,710 | 8,891 | Slate Range | |
Lipsett | 2,575 | 8,448 | Misty Range | |
Little | 3,088 | 10,131 | Bow Range | Named for member of the first ascent party |
Little Alberta | 2,956 | 9,698 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Little Temple | 2,653 | 8,704 | Bow Range | |
Loomis | 2,798 | 9,180 | Elk Range (Canada) | On the Continental Divide |
Lorette | 2,487 | 8,159 | Kananaskis Range | |
Loudon | 3,221 | 10,568 | Murchison Group | |
Lougheed | 3,107 | 10,194 | Kananaskis Range | |
Louis | 2,682 | 8,799 | Sawback Range | |
Low | 3,090 | 10,138 | Park Ranges | Named for a Canadian geologist |
Lowell | 3,150 | 10,335 | Park Ranges | |
Lunette | 3,428 | 11,247 | Park Ranges | Directly SE of Mount Assiniboine |
Lyall | 2,950 | 9,678 | High Rock Range | Named for a Scottish botanist |
Lyautey | 3,045 | 9,990 | Park Ranges | |
Lychnis | 3,124 | 10,249 | Sawback Range | |
Lyell | 3,498 | 11,476 | Central Icefields | Consists of five distinct peaks |
Lynx | 3,192 | 10,472 | Rainbow Range | Named for Lynx bones found on nearby Coleman Glacier
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Machray | 2,749 | 9,019 | Park Ranges | Named for an American bishop |
Maclaren | 2,843 | 9,327 | High Rock Range | Named for a general of the Canadian army in World War I |
Mahood | 2,896 | 9,501 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Majestic | 3,086 | 10,125 | Trident Range | |
Maligne | 3,200 | 10,499 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Mangin | 3,057 | 10,030 | Park Ranges | Named for a French army general |
Mary Barclay's | 2,260 | 7,415 | Kananaskis Range | |
Manx | 3,044 | 9,987 | Trident Range | |
Marlborough | 2,973 | 9,754 | Park Ranges | |
Marmot | 2,608 | 8,556 | Trident Range | |
Marvel | 2,650 | 8,694 | Blue Range | |
Massive | 2,435 | 7,989 | Massive Range | |
Maude | 3,043 | 9,984 | Spray Mountains | On the Continental Divide |
Mount McCord | 2,511 | 8,238 | Park Ranges | Named for a surveyor |
McDougall | 2,726 | 8,944 | Fisher Range | |
McGillivray | 2,451 | 8,041 | Kananaskis Range | |
McGladrey | 2,638 | 8,655 | Flathead Range | |
McGuire | 3,030 | 9,941 | Winston Churchill Range | |
McHarg | 2,888 | 9,475 | Spray Mountains | Named for Canadian army officer killed in WWI |
McLaren | 2,301 | 7,549 | Flathead Range | |
McPhail | 2,883 | 9,459 | Elk Range | On the Continental Divide |
Mercer | 2,970 | 9,744 | Sundance Range | |
Michener | 2,545 | 8,350 | Ram Range | |
Midnight | 2,340 | 7,677 | Fisher Range | |
Mist | 3,140 | 10,302 | Misty Range | |
Mistaya | 3,078 | 10,098 | Waputik Mountains | |
Mitchell | 3,040 | 9,974 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Mitre | 2,850 | 9,350 | Bow Range | |
Monarch | 2,777 | 9,111 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Monkhead | 3,250 | 10,663 | Canadian Rockies | |
Moose | 2,437 | 7,995 | Kananaskis Range | |
Morden Long | 3,040 | 9,974 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Morkill | 2,286 | 7,500 | Front Ranges | Named for a BC land surveyor |
Morrison | 2,765 | 9,072 | Blue Range | |
Morro | 1,679 | 5,509 | Colin Range | |
Muhigan | 2,626 | 8,615 | Trident Range | |
Muir | 2,758 | 9,049 | High Rock Range | Named for Canadian poet/songwriter |
Mumm | 2,962 | 9,718 | Park Ranges | Named for English mountaineer who completed FA |
Murchison | 3,353 | 11,001 | Murchison Group | |
Murray | 3,026 | 9,928 | Spray Mountains | |
Mushroom | 3,210 | 10,531 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Mystic | 2,960 | 9,711 | Sawback Range |
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Nanga Parbat | 3,240 | 10,630 | Park Ranges | Named for Nanga Parbat |
Nasswald | 3,042 | 9,980 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Nelson | 3,150 | 10,335 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Neptuak | 3,233 | 10,607 | Bow Range | Part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Nestor | 2970 | 9744 | Goat Range (Alberta) | |
Niblock | 2976 | 9764 | Bow Range | |
Nigel | 3211 | 10535 | Columbia Icefield | |
Nomad | 2,544 | 8,346 | Spray Mountains | Named for British warship sunk in WW I |
Norquay | 2,522 | 8,274 | Vermilion Range | |
North Twin | 3730 | 12240 | Winston Churchill Range | Part of the Twin Peaks massif |
Northover | 3,048 | 10,000 | Park Ranges | Named for Canadian army officer who earned the Military Cross |
Noyes | 3,085 | 10,121 | Murchison Group |
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Oates | 3,120 | 10,236 | Park Ranges | Named for British army officer who perished in Antarctica |
O'Beirne | 2,637 | 8,652 | Park Ranges | |
Observation | 3,174 | 10,413 | ||
Odlum | 2,695 | 8,842 | Elk Range | On the Continental Divide |
Og | 2,874 | 9,429 | Park Ranges | Named for a Biblical reference |
Old Baldy | 2,726 | 8,944 | Fisher Range | |
Old Goat | 3,120 | 10,236 | Goat Range | |
Oldhorn | 3,000 | 9,843 | Trident Range | |
Olive | 3,126 | 10,256 | Park Ranges | |
Oliver | 2,865 | 9,400 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Omega | 3,060 | 10,039 | Park Ranges | |
Opal | 2,840 | 9,318 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Oppy | 3,335 | 10,942 | Park Ranges | Named for a village in France |
Oubliette | 3,070 | 10,072 | Park Ranges | |
Outlaw | 2,957 | 9,701 | ||
Outpost | 2,880 | 9,449 | Park Ranges | |
Outram | 3,245 | 10,646 | Forbes Group | |
Oyster | 2,777 | 9,111 | Sawback Range |
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Packenham | 3,000 | 9,843 | Opal Range | |
Palmer | 3,150 | 10,335 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Panther | 2,943 | 9,656 | Bare Range | |
Paragon | 3,030 | 9,941 | Park Ranges | |
Parapet | 3,030 | 9,941 | Park Ranges | |
Parrish | 2,530 | 8,301 | Flathead Range | |
Patterson | 3,191 | 10,469 | Waputik Range | |
Paul | 2,850 | 9,350 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Pauline | 2,653 | 8,704 | Park Ranges | Named for a Canadian politician |
Peechee | 2,935 | 9,629 | Fairholme Range | |
Pengelly | 2,586 | 8,484 | Flathead Range | |
Perren | 3,051 | 10,010 | Bow Range | Named for a climbing guide |
Peskett | 3,124 | 10,249 | Murchison Group | |
Unnamed (formerly Pétain) | 3,196 | 10,486 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Peveril | 2,686 | 8,812 | Trident Range | |
Peyto | 2,980 | 9,777 | Waputik Range | |
Pharaoh | 2,713 | 8,901 | Park Ranges | |
Phillips | 3,246 | 10,650 | Park Ranges | Named for a Jasper area outfitter and guide |
Pigeon | 2,394 | 7,854 | Kananaskis Range | Named for pigeons seen near summit |
Piggy Plus | 2,760 | 9,055 | Spray Mountains | |
Pika | 3,053 | 10,016 | Slate Range | |
Pilkington | 3,285 | 10,778 | Park Ranges | Named for a British mountaineer |
Pilot | 2,935 | 9,629 | Massive Range | |
Pinnacle | 3,070 | 10,072 | Bow Range | |
Pocaterra | 2,941 | 9,649 | Elk Range | |
Poilus | 3,166 | 10,387 | Waputik Range | |
Popes | 3,163 | 10,377 | Bow Range | Named for a Canadian politician |
Portal | 2,926 | 9,600 | Waputik Mountains | |
Potts | 3,002 | 9,849 | Opal Range | |
Prairie | 2,214 | 7,264 | ||
Princess Margaret | 2,515 | 8,251 | Fairholme Range | |
Prior | 3,276 | 10,748 | Park Ranges | Named for a Lt-Governor of B.C. |
Protection | 2,972 | 9,751 | Sawback Range | |
Prow | 2,858 | 9,377 | Vermilion Range | |
Ptarmigan | 3,035 | 9,957 | Slate Range | |
Ptolemy | 2,815 | 9,236 | Flathead Range | Highest in the range |
Pulpit | 2,720 | 8,924 | Waputik Range | |
Puma | 3,120 | 10,236 | Palliser Range | |
Putnik | 2,940 | 9,646 | Kananaskis Range | |
Pyramid | 2,766 | 9,075 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Pyriform | 2,621 | 8,599 | Highwood Range |
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Quadra | 3,173 | 10,410 | Bow Range | Named for its four peaks |
Quartz | 2,580 | 8,465 | Park Ranges | Top composed mainly of quartz |
Queen Elizabeth | 2,850 | 9,350 | Park Ranges | Named for Queen Elisabeth of Belgium
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Rae | 3,218 | 10,558 | Misty Range | |
Red Man | 2,905 | 9,531 | Blue Range | |
Redoubt | 2,902 | 9,521 | Slate Range | |
Redoubt | 3,115 | 10,220 | Park Ranges | Name for its appearance to a redoubt |
Remus | 2,688 | 8,819 | Fisher Range | |
Resolute | 3,150 | 10,335 | Front Range | Lion and Lioness |
Revenant | 3,065 | 10,056 | Palliser Range | |
Rhondda | 3,062 | 10,046 | Waputik Mountains | Named for a Welsh politician |
Ribbon | 2,880 | 9,449 | Kananaskis Range | |
Richards | 2,377 | 7,799 | Clark Range | |
Richardson | 3,086 | 10,125 | Slate Range | |
Ringrose | 3,292 | 10,801 | Bow Range | |
Robertson | 3,177 | 10,423 | Spray Mountains | |
Roche à Bosche | 2123 | 6965 | Bosche Range | |
Roche à Perdrix | 2135 | 7002 | Fiddle Range | |
Roche Bonhomme | 2500 | 8200 | Colin Range | |
Roche Jacques | 2603 | 8540 | Jacques Range | |
Roche Miette | 2316 | 7598 | Miette Range | |
Roche Noire | 2920 | 9580 | Trident Range | |
Roche Ronde | 2138 | 7014 | Bosche Range | |
Roche de Smet | 2539 | 8330 | De Smet Range | |
Romulus | 2832 | 9291 | Fisher Range | |
Rose | 2515 | 8251 | ||
Rundle | 2,948 | 9,672 | South Banff Range | Named for a missionary |
Rutherford | 2,847 | 9,341 | Northern Front Ranges | Named for Alberta's first premier
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Saddle | 2,433 | 7,982 | Bow Range | |
Saint Nicholas | 2,938 | 9,639 | Waputik Mountains | |
Samson | 3,081 | 10,108 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | Named for an Indigenous guide |
Sarbach | 3,155 | 10,351 | Waputik Mountains | Named for a Swiss mountain guide |
Sarrail | 3,170 | 10,400 | Park Ranges | Named for a general of the French army |
Saskatchewan | 3,342 | 10,965 | Columbia Icefield | Named for Saskatchewan River |
Scarab | 2,918 | 9,573 | Park Ranges | Named for scarabs of Ancient Egypt |
Scarp | 3,000 | 9,843 | Park Ranges | |
Scarpe | 2,591 | 8,501 | Clark Range | Named for river in France |
Scott | 3,300 | 10,827 | Park Ranges | Named for Captain Robert Falcon Scott |
Sentinel | 2,373 | 7,785 | Livingstone Range | |
Sentry | 2,435 | 7,989 | Flathead Range | |
Seven Sisters | 2,591 | 8,501 | High Rock Range | |
Shark | 2,786 | 9,140 | Spray Mountains | Named for British destroyer sunk during WWI |
Siffleur | 3,129 | 10,266 | Murchison Group | |
Sirdar | 2,804 | 9,199 | Colin Range | |
Signal | 2,312 | 7,585 | Maligne Range | |
Silverhorn | 2,911 | 9,551 | Murchison Group | |
Simon | 3,322 | 10,899 | Park Ranges | Named for explorer Simon Fraser |
Sir Douglas | 3,406 | 11,175 | Park Ranges | Named for a British Army officer |
Skogan | 2,662 | 8,734 | Kananaskis Range | |
Skoki | 2707 | 8882 | Slate Range | |
Smith Dorrien | 3151 | 10338 | Spray Mountains | |
Smuts | 2938 | 9639 | Spray Mountains | |
Smythe | 3,246 | 10,650 | Winston Churchill Range | Named for an English mountaineer |
Snaring | 2931 | 9617 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Snow Dome | 3,456 | 11,339 | Winston Churchill Range | On the Continental Divide |
Snow Peak | 2800 | 9187 | On the Continental Divide | |
Sofa Mountain | 2515 | 8251 | Lewis Range | |
South Ghost | 2700 | 8858 | ||
South Twin | 3566 | 11700 | Winston Churchill Range | Part of the Twin Peaks massif |
Sparrowhawk | 3,121 | 10,240 | Kananaskis Range | Named for a British destroyer sunk in WWI |
Spring-Rice | 3,275 | 10,745 | Park Ranges | Named for a British diplomat |
St. Bride | 3,312 | 10,866 | Sawback Range | Sawback's high point |
St. Piran | 2,649 | 8,691 | Bow Range | |
Stairway | 2,999 | 9,839 | Waputik Mountains | Named for rock formations resembling a stairway |
Stenton | 2815 | 9236 | Fairholme Range | |
Stewart | 3312 | 10866 | Cloister Mountains | Highest point in range |
Stoney Squaw | 1868 | 6129 | Vermilion Range | |
Storm | 3,095 | 10,154 | Misty Range | |
Storm (Banff/Kootenay) | 3158 | 10361 | Ball Range | |
Strachan | 2,682 | 8,799 | High Rock Range | Named for Canadian army officer, recipient of the VC |
Storelk | 2,871 | 9,419 | Elk Range | On the Continental Divide |
Stutfield | 3,450 | 11,319 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Sulphur | 2,451 | 8,041 | South Banff Range | A gondola runs to the peak |
Sundance | 2,902 | 9,521 | Sundance Range | |
Sunwapta | 3,315 | 10,876 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Survey | 2,667 | 8,750 | Central Icefields | |
Synge | 2,972 | 9,751 | Waputik Mountains | Named for a British army officer
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Talbot | 2,373 | 7,785 | Front Ranges | Named for a Canadian politician |
Tangle Ridge | 3,001 | 9,846 | Canadian Rockies | |
Tatei Ridge | 2,911 | 9,551 | Rainbow Range | Tatei is the Stoney Indian word for "wind" |
Tecumseh | 2,547 | 8,356 | High Rock Range | |
Tekarra | 2,694 | 8,839 | Maligne Range | |
Temple | 3,543 | 11,624 | Bow Range | |
Terminal | 2,835 | 9,301 | Trident Range | |
Terrapin | 2,954 | 9,692 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Thompson | 3,089 | 10,135 | Waputik Mountains | |
Thorington Tower | 3,155 | 10,351 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Three Sisters | 2,936 | 9,633 | South Banff Range | |
Threepoint | 2,595 | 8,514 | ||
Throne | 3,120 | 10,236 | South Jasper Ranges | |
Tombstone | 3,029 | 9,938 | Opal Range | |
Tonquin | 2,396 | 7,861 | South Jasper Ranges | |
Tonsa | 3,053 | 10,016 | Bow Range | Stoney Indian word for the number four |
Tornado | 3,099 | 10,167 | High Rock Range | Named in 1915 |
The Tower | 3,117 | 10,226 | Kananaskis Range | |
The Towers | 2,842 | 9,324 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Townsend | 2,820 | 9,252 | Front Ranges | Named for British pilot romantically involved with Princess Margaret |
Trapper | 2,988 | 9,803 | Wapta Icefield | Named in 1892 |
Treadmill | 2,716 | 8,911 | Front Ranges | Named for similarity to a treadmill |
Tunnel | 1,692 | 5,551 | Bow Valley | Mountain encircled by the town of Banff |
Triad | 3,048 | 10,000 | Park Ranges | Named in 1936 |
Trutch | 3,258 | 10,689 | Park Ranges | Named for first Lieutenant Governor of B.C. |
Turbulent | 2,850 | 9,350 | Sundance Range | |
Turner | 2,806 | 9,206 | Blue Range | |
The Turret | 2,580 | 8,465 | Park Ranges | |
Turtle | 2,210 | 7,251 | Blairmore Range | 1903 Frank Slide |
Tuzo | 3,246 | 10,650 | Canadian Rockies | Part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Tyrwhitt | 2,874 | 9,429 | Elk Range | Named for a British admiral
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Unwin | 3,268 | 10,722 | Queen Elizabeth Ranges | FA 1908 Sidney Unwin |
Upright Mountain | 2,978 | 9,770 | Front Ranges | FA 1911 |
Utopia | 2,563 | 8,409 | Miette Range | Named in 1916
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Victoria | 3,464 | 11,365 | Bow Range | Named for Queen Victoria |
Vimy | 2,385 | 7,825 | Lewis Range | Named for Canadian victory in the Battle of Vimy Ridge |
Vista | 2,795 | 9,170 | Park Ranges | Named for its views at the top
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Waitabit | 3,090 | 10,138 | Park Ranges | Named for Waitabit Creek |
Wales | 3,109 | 10,200 | Park Ranges | Named for a British astronomer |
Walter | 3,401 | 11,158 | Park Ranges | Fourth highest subpeak of Mt. Lyell (3498 m) |
Wapta | 2,782 | 9,127 | Waputik Range | Wapta means "river" in the Stoney language |
Waputik | 2,736 | 8,976 | Waputik Range | Waputik means "white goat" in the Stoney language |
Warren | 3,362 | 11,030 | Park Ranges | Backdrop of Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park |
Warrior | 2,973 | 9,754 | Park Ranges | Named for a British warship heavily damaged in the Battle of Jutland |
Warspite | 2,860 | 9,383 | Spray Mountains | Named for a British warship that served in WW I and II |
Warwick | 2,906 | 9,534 | Clemenceau Icefield | |
Wasootch | 2,330 | 7,644 | Fisher Range | |
Watchman | 3,009 | 9,872 | Park Ranges | FA 1918 |
Watchtower | 2,791 | 9,157 | Maligne Range | |
Watermelon | 3,095 | 10,154 | Front Ranges | Banff NP |
Wedge | 2,665 | 8,743 | Kananaskis Range | |
Weed | 3,080 | 10,105 | Murchison Group | Named in 1902 for George Weed |
Weiss | 3,090 | 10,138 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Whistlers | 2,470 | 8,104 | Trident Range | |
Whistling Rock | 2,971 | 9,747 | ||
White Man | 2,967 | 9,734 | Blue Range | |
White Pyramid | 3,219 | 10,561 | Waputik Mountains | Banff NP |
Whiteaves | 3,145 | 10,318 | Park Ranges | Named for a British palaeontologist |
Whitecrow | 2,881 | 9,452 | Park Ranges | Named for white crows seen on peak by FA party |
Whitehorn | 2,637 | 8,652 | Slate Range | |
Whiteshield | 2,684 | 8,806 | Park Ranges | Named for snow and ice on eastern side |
Whyte | 2,983 | 9,787 | Bow Range | |
Wilcox | 2,884 | 9,462 | Columbia Icefield | |
William Booth | 2,728 | 8,950 | Ram Range | |
Wilson | 3,260 | 10,696 | Park Ranges | |
Wind | 3,153 | 10,344 | Kananaskis Range | |
Windtower | 2,697 | 8,848 | ||
Wintour | 2,700 | 8,858 | Opal Range | |
Wonder | 2,850 | 9,350 | Park Ranges | On the Continental Divide |
Woolley | 3,405 | 11,171 | Winston Churchill Range | |
Worthington | 2,915 | 9,564 | Spray Range | Named for Canadian army officer killed in WW II
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Xerxes | 2,970 | 9,744 | Park Ranges | Name is not official
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Yellowhead | 2,458 | 8,064 | Victoria Cross Ranges | |
Younghusband | 3,170 | 10,400 | Chaba Icefield | Named for a British army officer
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Highest peaks
[edit]- Mount Columbia – 3,747 m (12,293 ft)
- Twin Peaks massif – 3,684 m (12,087 ft)
- Mount Alberta – 3,619 m (11,873 ft)
- Mount Assiniboine – 3,616 m (11,864 ft)
- Mount Forbes – 3,612 m (11,850 ft)
- Mount Temple – 3,543 m (11,624 ft)
- Mount Brazeau – 3,525 m (11,565 ft)
- Snow Dome – 3,520 m (11,549 ft)
- Mount Kitchener – 3,505 m (11,499 ft)
- Mount Lyell – 3,504 m (11,496 ft)
List of ranges
[edit]- Bare Range
- Blairmore Range
- Blue Range
- Bosche Range
- Brazeau Range
- Caribou Mountains
- Clark Range (Border Ranges)
- Colin Range
- Elk Range
- Fairholme Range
- Fiddle Range
- Fisher Range
- High Rock Range
- Highwood Range
- Jacques Range
- Kananaskis Range
- Livingstone Range
- Maligne Range
- Massive Range
- Miette Range
- Misty Range
- Opal Range
- Palliser Range
- President Range
- Queen Elizabeth Ranges
- Ram Range
- Sawback Range
- Slate Range
- De Smet Range
- Spray Mountains
- Valley of the Ten Peaks
- Vermilion Range
- Victoria Cross Ranges
- Waputik Range
- Winston Churchill Range
List of passes
[edit]The Rockies are crossed through east–west alpine passes, such as:
- Abbot Pass
- Crowsnest Pass
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Kiwetinok Pass
- Sunwapta Pass
- Weary Creek Gap
- Yellowhead Pass
See also
[edit]- Geography of Alberta
- List of mountains of Canada
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
Gallery
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Statistics Canada – principal heights by range or region
- CdnRockiesDatabases.ca peak search