Most of Alberta's mountains are found on the western edge of the province of

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, consisting of the eastern slopes of the

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, which run through the province from Alberta's mid-point to its southern border with the

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. 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

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. Alberta's southwestern boundary is traced on the

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, along the high ranges of the

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, and many peaks are located on the Alberta–

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border. The peak of Mount Columbia, within

Jasper National Park Jasper National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains spanning . It was established as a national park in 1930 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Its locatio ...

, 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

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, constitute the highest terrain in Canada between the Rocky Mountains and

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. They reach a maximum elevation of 1,468 m, 600 m above the surrounding prairie. __TOC__

List of Mountains

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Highest peaks

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Mount Alberta Mount Alberta is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. J. Norman Collie named the mountain in 1898 after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. It is the most difficult of the 11,000ers from ...

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Mount Assiniboine Mount Assiniboine, also known as Assiniboine Mountain, is a pyramidal peak mountain located on the Great Divide, on the British Columbia/Alberta border in Canada. At , it is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Ro ...

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Mount Forbes Mount Forbes is the seventh tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies and the tallest within the boundaries of Banff National Park. It is located in southwestern Alberta, southwest of the Saskatchewan River Crossing in Banff. The mountain was ...

- # Mount Temple - #

Mount Brazeau Mount Brazeau is a mountain in Alberta, Canada. The mountain is located in the upper Coronet Creek Valley of Jasper National Park, and stands west of the Coronet Glacier and south of Maligne Lake. The mountain was named in 1902 by Arthur P. ...

- # Snow Dome - #

Mount Kitchener Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass. Mt. Kitchener was originally ...

- # Mount Lyell -

List of ranges

* Bare Range * Blairmore Range *

Blue Range The Blue Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide of the Americas, Continental Divide in Banff National Park, Canada. The range was so named on account of its blueish colour when viewed from afar. Mount ...

Bosche Range The Bosche Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located northwest of Highway 16 near the eastern border of Jasper National Park, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend f ...

Brazeau Range Brazeau may refer to: Places Canada *Brazeau, an obsolete alternative name for Nordegg, a hamlet in Alberta *Brazeau County, a municipal district in Alberta * Brazeau River, a river in Alberta *Brazeau Reservoir, a man-made lake in Alberta *Moun ...

* Caribou Mountains * Clark Range (Border Ranges) * Colin Range * Elk Range * Fairholme Range *

Fiddle Range The Fiddle Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located south of Highway 16 on the east border of Jasper National Park, Canada. The range was so named on account of noises produced by blowing wind. This range includes the following ...

* Fisher Range *

High Rock Range The High Rock Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of the Southern Continental Ranges and is located on the Continental Divide, north of the Crowsnest ...

Highwood Range Highwood may refer to: People * Sidney Highwood (1896–1975), World War I flying ace Places Canada * Highwood, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta * Highwood (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Alberta * Highwood R ...

Jacques Range The Jacques Range is a mountain range in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, located south of Highway 16 and Jasper Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. This range includes the following mountains and peaks: See also * Ranges ...

Kananaskis Range The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battl ...

* Livingstone Range *

Maligne Range The Maligne Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located directly southeast of Jasper, Alberta, Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park, Canada. The southern tail-end of the range finishes at Endless Chain Ridge. __NOTOC__ Mountains ...

Massive Range The Massive Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the southwestern area of the Bow River valley in Banff National Park, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories ext ...

Miette Range The Miette Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located south of Highway 16 near the east border of Jasper National Park Jasper National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest national park within Alberta's ...

Misty Range The Misty Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located east of the Bighorn Highway within Kananaskis Country, Canada. It is a sub-range of the High Rock Range in the Southern Continental Ranges. This range includes the following ...

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Palliser Range The Palliser Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that lies in the extreme southeast corner of Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The Palliser Range is part of the East Banff Ranges of the Central Front Canadian Rockies. Lake ...

Queen Elizabeth Ranges The Queen Elizabeth Ranges is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the southeastern side of Jasper National Park, Canada. The northern end of the ranges begins east of Medicine Lake and extends in a southeasterly direction past ...

Ram Range The Ram Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located in David Thompson Country, Canada. The range extends southeast from Abraham Lake to the Ram River The Ram River is a river rising in the Alberta Rocky Mountains. It flows eastwar ...

Sawback Range The Sawback Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that stretches from the Bow Valley in Alberta into southeastern Banff National Park. Mountains This range includes the following mountains and peaks: See also * Ranges of the Cana ...

* Slate Range *

De Smet Range The De Smet Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located northwest of Highway 16 and Jasper Lake in Jasper National Park, Canada. The range is named after its highest point Roche de Smet, which in turn was named by Iroquois working i ...

Spray Mountains The Spray Mountains is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located in southwestern Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean ...

Valley of the Ten Peaks Valley of the Ten Peaks (french: Vallée des Dix Pics) is a valley in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is crowned by ten notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near ...

* Vermilion Range *

Victoria Cross Ranges The Victoria Cross Ranges ( to ) are a set of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies, located to the northwest of Jasper. Of the 19 peaks contained within this range, five are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The area of th ...

Waputik Range The Waputik Range lies west of the upper Bow Valley, east of Bath Creek, and south of Balfour Creek in the Canadian Rockies. "Waputik" means "white goat" in Stoney. The range was named in 1884 by George Mercer Dawson of the Geological Survey o ...

President Range The President Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the northwestern section of Yoho National Park. The range is named for the highest peak in the range, The President (mountain), The President. This range includes the fo ...

Winston Churchill Range The Winston Churchill Range is a mountain range in the central section of the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies located in Jasper National Park. The range was named after Sir Winston Churchill, former British prime minister. The eastern bound ...

List of passes

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

Abbot Pass Abbot Pass lies between Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria, in the divide between the valleys of Lake O'Hara and Lake Louise. It was named for Philip Stanley Abbot who died in 1896 in an attempt to climb Mount Lefroy with Charles Fay, Charles ...

Crowsnest Pass Crowsnest Pass (sometimes referred to as Crow's Nest Pass, french: link=no, col du Nid-de-Corbeau) is a low mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border. Geography The pass i ...

Kicking Horse Pass Kicking Horse Pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff national parks. Divide Creek forks onto both sid ...

* Kiwetinok Pass * Sunwapta Pass * Weary Creek Gap *

Yellowhead Pass The Yellowhead Pass is a mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas in the Canadian Rockies. It is located on the provincial boundary between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and lies within Jasper Nat ...

References

External links

Statistics Canada
- Principal heights by range or region
Peakfinder
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