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Howse Peak & Mount Chephren
Highest point
Peak	Howse Peak
Elevation	3,295 m (10,810 ft)
Dimensions
Length	61 km (38 mi) N-S
Width	40 km (25 mi) E-W
Area	1,069 km² (413 sq mi)
Geography
Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Range coordinates	51°35′N 116°25′W / 51.583°N 116.417°W / 51.583; -116.417
Parent range	Canadian Rockies

Epaulette Mountain

The Waputik Mountains are a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide between Banff and Yoho National Park. Covering an area of 1,069 square kilometres (413 sq mi), the range is located west of the Howse, Blaeberry and Amiskwi Rivers and east of the Bow and Mistaya Rivers and south to Kicking Horse Pass. Named in 1884 by George M. Dawson, "waputik" is the Stoney Indian word for white goat.

Many of the highest peaks of the range are heavily glaciated as they sit within the Waputik and Wapta Icefields. The range is further divided into the President Range and Waputik Range

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain	metres	feet
Howse Peak	3,295	10,810
White Pyramid	3,275	10,745
Mount Balfour	3,272	10,735
Mount Chephren	3,266	10,715
Mount Gordon	3,203	10,508
Mount Baker	3,172	10,407
Mont des Poilus	3,161	10,371
Mount Sarbach	3,155	10,351
Mount Olive	3,130	10,269
Mount Collie	3,116	10,223
Kaufmann Peaks	3,110	10,200
Epaulette Mountain	3,094	10,151
Ayesha Peak	3,065	10,056
Mount Thompson	3,065	10,056
Mount Rhondda	3,055	10,023
Crowfoot Mountain	3,050	10,006
Trapper Peak	3,014	9,888
Peyto Peak	2,970	9,744
St. Nicholas Peak	2,970	9,744
Mount Jimmy Simpson	2,963	9,721
Bow Peak	2,840	9,320

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