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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

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Peak   Height (m)   Height (ft)   Range   Remarks  

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     

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    

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

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     

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      

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    

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     

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    

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    

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     

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     

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

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    

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 (Kananaskis)  
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    

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    

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     

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Xerxes 2,970 9,744 Park Ranges    Name is not official

Yellowhead 2,458 8,064 Victoria Cross Ranges     
Younghusband 3,170 10,400 Chaba Icefield    Named for a British army officer


Highest peaks

  1. Mount Columbia – 3,747 m (12,293 ft)
  2. Twin Peaks massif – 3,684 m (12,087 ft)
  3. Mount Alberta – 3,619 m (11,873 ft)
  4. Mount Assiniboine – 3,616 m (11,864 ft)
  5. Mount Forbes – 3,612 m (11,850 ft)
  6. Mount Temple – 3,543 m (11,624 ft)
  7. Mount Brazeau – 3,525 m (11,565 ft)
  8. Snow Dome – 3,520 m (11,549 ft)
  9. Mount Kitchener – 3,505 m (11,499 ft)
  10. Mount Lyell – 3,504 m (11,496 ft)

List of ranges

Main article: Ranges of the Canadian Rockies

List of passes

The Rockies are crossed through east-west alpine passes, such as:

See also

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