A list of highest mountains and peaks in the Canadian Rockies over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) is shown below. Sources for the elevation, prominence and first ascent can be found in their respective pages.
Rank | Mountain/peak | Elevation | Prominence | Subrange | FA | Notes | References | ||
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m | ft | m | ft | ||||||
1 | Mount Robson | 3,954 | 12,972 | 2,829 | 9,281 | Rainbow Range | 1913 | Highest point in the Canadian Rockies | [1] |
2 | Mount Columbia | 3,747 | 12,293 | 2,383 | 7,818 | Winston Churchill Range | 1902 | Highest point in Alberta | [2] |
3 | North Twin Peak | 3,731 | 12,241 | 1,011 | 3,317 | Winston Churchill Range | 1923 | ||
4 | Mount Clemenceau | 3,658 | 12,001 | 1,499 | 4,918 | Park Ranges | 1923 | ||
5 | Mount Alberta | 3,619 | 11,873 | 819 | 2,687 | Winston Churchill Range | 1925 | Most difficult +11,000 climbing objective | [3] |
6 | Mount Assiniboine | 3,618 | 11,870 | 2,086 | 6,844 | Park Ranges | 1901 | Highest point in the Southern Rockies | [4] |
7 | Mount Forbes | 3,612 | 11,850 | 1,629 | 5,344 | Park Ranges | 1902 | Highest point within the confines of Banff Nat'l Park | [5] |
8 | South Twin Peak | 3,566 | 11,699 | 341 | 1,119 | Winston Churchill Range | 1924 | ||
9 | Mount Temple | 3,543 | 11,624 | 1,544 | 5,066 | Bow Range | 1894 | Highest point near Lake Louise | [6] |
10 | Mount Bryce | 3,507 | 11,506 | 707 | 2,320 | Columbia Icefield | 1902 | [7] | |
11 | Mount Kitchener | 3,505 | 11,499 | 280 | 920 | Winston Churchill Range | 1927 | [8] | |
nn | Mount Lyell | 3,498 | 11,476 | 1,078 | 3,537 | Columbia Icefield | 1902 | Named for a Scottish Geologist | |
12 | Mount Hungabee | 3,492 | 11,457 | 987 | 3,238 | Bow Range | 1903 | [9] | |
13 | Mount Athabasca | 3,491 | 11,453 | 671 | 2,201 | Columbia Icefield | 1898 | [10] | |
14 | Mount King Edward | 3,490 | 11,450 | 770 | 2,530 | Park Ranges | 1924 | Named for Edward VII | |
15 | Mount Brazeau | 3,470 | 11,380 | 1,443 | 4,734 | Park Ranges | 1923 | [11] | |
16 | Mount Victoria | 3,464 | 11,365 | 547 | 1,795 | Bow Range | 1897 | ||
17 | Snow Dome | 3,456 | 11,339 | 171 | 561 | Winston Churchill Range | 1898 | [12] | |
18 | Mount Andromeda | 3,450 | 11,320 | 330 | 1,080 | Columbia Icefield | 1930 | [13] | |
18 | Stutfield Peak | 3,450 | 11,320 | 290 | 950 | Winston Churchill Range | 1927 | [14] | |
20 | Mount Joffre | 3,449 | 11,316 | 1,505 | 4,938 | Park Ranges | 1919 | ||
21 | Lunette Peak | 3,428 | 11,247 | 38 | 125 | Park Ranges | 1901 | ||
22 | Resplendent Mountain | 3,425 | 11,237 | 483 | 1,585 | Rainbow Range | 1911 | ||
23 | Deltaform Mountain | 3,424 | 11,234 | 822 | 2,697 | Bow Range | 1903 | Resembles Delta | |
24 | Mount Lefroy | 3,423 | 11,230 | 417 | 1,368 | Bow Range | 1897 | Site of the first fatal climbing accident in Canada | |
25 | The Helmet | 3,420 | 11,220 | 128 | 420 | Rainbow Range | 1928 | Peak on the Mt. Robon massif | |
26 | Christian Peak | 3,406 | 11,175 | 100 | 330 | Park Ranges | 1926 | Subpeak of Mount Lyell | |
27 | Mount Sir Douglas | 3,406 | 11,175 | 1,110 | 3,640 | Park Ranges | 1919 | Named for a British army officer | |
28 | Mount Woolley | 3,405 | 11,171 | 565 | 1,854 | Winston Churchill Range | 1925 | [15] | |
29 | Mount Alexandra | 3,401 | 11,158 | 241 | 791 | Park Ranges | 1902 | Named for Queen Alexandra of Denmark | |
30 | Walter Peak | 3,401 | 11,158 | 143 | 469 | Park Ranges | 1927 | Subpeak of Mount Lyell | |
31 | Whitehorn Mountain | 3,399 | 11,152 | 1,747 | 5,732 | Park Ranges | 1911 | ||
32 | Mount Hector | 3,394 | 11,135 | 1,759 | 5,771 | Front Ranges | 1895 | Named for a geologist on the Palliser expedition | |
33 | Diadem Peak | 3,371 | 11,060 | 211 | 692 | Winston Churchill Range | 1898 | ||
34 | Mount Edith Cavell | 3,363 | 11,033 | 2,033 | 6,670 | South Jasper Ranges | 1915 | Most prominent peak entirely in Alberta | |
35 | Mount Fryatt | 3,361 | 11,027 | 1,608 | 5,276 | Park Ranges | 1926 | Named for a British merchant captain executed in World War I | |
36 | Mount Cline | 3,361 | 11,027 | 1,196 | 3,924 | Cline Range | 1926 | ||
37 | Mount Huber | 3,348 | 10,984 | 158 | 518 | Bow Range | 1903 | ||
38 | Mount Barnard | 3,338 | 10,951 | 947 | 3,107 | Park Ranges | 1922 | ||
39 | Oppy Mountain | 3,335 | 10,942 | 311 | 1,020 | Park Ranges | 1947 | ||
40 | Mount Cromwell | 3,330 | 10,930 | 330 | 1,080 | Winston Churchill Range | 1938 | ||
41 | Mount Amery | 3,329 | 10,922 | 579 | 1,900 | Park Ranges | 1929 | Named for a British politician/journalist | |
42 | Mount Mummery | 3,328 | 10,919 | 481 | 1,578 | Park Ranges | 1906 | Named for British mountaineer Albert F. Mummery | |
43 | Simon Peak | 3,322 | 10,899 | 1,173 | 3,848 | South Jasper Ranges | 1924 | ||
44 | Mount Biddle | 3,320 | 10,890 | 731 | 2,398 | Bow Range | 1902 | ||
45 | Mount St. Bride | 3,315 | 10,876 | 1,207 | 3,960 | Sawback Range | 1910 | ||
46 | Sunwapta Peak | 3,315 | 10,876 | 1,014 | 3,327 | Front Ranges | 1906 | ||
47 | Mount Allen | 3,310 | 10,860 | 260 | 850 | Park Ranges | 1904 | [16] | |
48 | Howse Peak | 3,295 | 10,810 | 1,227 | 4,026 | Waputik Mountains | 1902 | ||
49 | Mount Pilkington | 3,285 | 10,778 | 101 | 331 | Park Ranges | 1910 | ||
50 | Mount Spring-Rice | 3,275 | 10,745 | 426 | 1,398 | Park Ranges | 1923 | ||
51 | Mount Balfour | 3,272 | 10,735 | 934 | 3,064 | Waputik Mountains | 1898 | ||
52 | Mount Engelhard | 3,270 | 10,730 | 210 | 690 | Winston Churchill Range | 1930 | Named for an American climber | |
53 | Mount Wilson | 3,260 | 10,700 | 780 | 2,560 | Cline Range | 1902 | Named for a Canadian guide | |
54 | Mount Smythe | 3,246 | 10,650 | 420 | 1,380 | Winston Churchill Range | 1951 | Named for an English mountaineer | |
55 | Mount Tuzo | 3,246 | 10,650 | 210 | 690 | Bow Range | 1906 | Named for female Canadian mountaineer who made FA | |
56 | Bonnet Peak | 3,235 | 10,614 | 395 | 1,296 | Sawback Range | 1914 | ||
57 | Mount Fay | 3,235 | 10,614 | 389 | 1,276 | Bow Range | 1904 | ||
58 | Neptuak Mountain | 3,233 | 10,607 | 151 | 495 | Bow Range | 1902 | ||
59 | Mount Rae | 3,218 | 10,558 | 1,330 | 4,360 | Misty Range | |||
60 | Chaba Peak | 3,212 | 10,538 | 278 | 912 | Park Ranges | 1928 | Chaba is the Stoney Indian word for beaver | |
61 | Mushroom Peak | 3,210 | 10,530 | 270 | 890 | Winston Churchill Range | 1947 | ||
62 | Foster Peak | 3,204 | 10,512 | 996 | 3,268 | Vermilion Range | 1933 | ||
63 | Ghost Mountain | 3,204 | 10,512 | 547 | 1,795 | Park Ranges | 1927 | [17] | |
64 | Unnamed | 3,196 | 10,486 | 326 | 1,070 | Park Ranges | 1930 | Formerly known as Mt. Pétain until 2022 | |
65 | Mount Foch | 3,194 | 10,479 | 384 | 1,260 | Park Ranges | 1930 | Named for a French general who served in World War I | |
66 | Lynx Mountain | 3,192 | 10,472 | 425 | 1,394 | Rainbow Range | 1913 | ||
67 | Eden Peak | 3,180 | 10,430 | 267 | 876 | Park Ranges | 1927 | Named for a British astronomer | |
68 | Quadra Mountain | 3,173 | 10,410 | 285 | 935 | Bow Range | 1910 | Top of mountain consists of four pinnacles | |
69 | Wenkchemna Peak | 3,170 | 10,400 | 16 | 52 | Park Ranges | 1923 | Wenkchemna is Stoney Indian word for ten | |
70 | Younghusband Ridge | 3,170 | 10,400 | 130 | 430 | Chaba Icefield | 1927 | Named for a British army officer | |
71 | Thorington Tower | 3,155 | 10,351 | 275 | 902 | Winston Churchill Range | 1967 | ||
72 | Mount Aberdeen | 3,152 | 10,341 | 566 | 1,857 | Bow Range | 1894 | Named for the 7th Governor General of Canada | |
73 | Mount Amundsen | 3,150 | 10,330 | 228 | 748 | Park Ranges | 1927 | Named for a British astronomer | [18] |
74 | Mount Nelson | 3,150 | 10,330 | 280 | 920 | Winston Churchill Range | 1951 | Named for an American climber who died in a climbing accident | |
75 | Mount Palmer | 3,150 | 10,330 | 270 | 890 | Winston Churchill Range | 1953 | Named for an American explorer | |
76 | Tumbling Peak | 3,145 | 10,318 | 685 | 2,247 | Vermilion Range | |||
77 | Mount Whiteaves | 3,145 | 10,318 | 285 | 935 | Park Ranges | 1949 | Named for a British palaeontologist | |
78 | Mist Mountain | 3,140 | 10,300 | 487 | 1,598 | Misty Range | 1946 | ||
79 | Odaray Mountain | 3,137 | 10,292 | 627 | 2,057 | Bow Range | 1887 | ||
80 | Mount GEC | 3,130 | 10,270 | 400 | 1,300 | Winston Churchill Range | 1948 | Named for first names of the first ascent climbers | |
81 | Mount Barlow | 3,120 | 10,240 | 203 | 666 | Park Ranges | 1930 | ||
81 | Gong Peak | 3,120 | 10,240 | 280 | 920 | Winston Churchill Range | 1936 | ||
81 | Mount Peary | 3,120 | 10,240 | 184 | 604 | Chaba Icefield | 1927 | [19] | |
81 | Throne Mountain | 3,120 | 10,240 | 880 | 2,890 | South Jasper Ranges | 1926 | Named for resemblance to a chair | |
85 | Wales Peak | 3,109 | 10,200 | 210 | 690 | Park Ranges | 1926 | Named for a British astronomer | |
86 | Mount Babel | 3,101 | 10,174 | 200 | 660 | Bow Range | 1910 | ||
87 | Tornado Mountain | 3,099 | 10,167 | 959 | 3,146 | South Jasper Ranges | 1915 | ||
88 | Storm Mountain | 3,095 | 10,154 | 291 | 955 | Misty Range | |||
89 | Mount Adam Joachim | 3,094 | 10,151 | 190 | 620 | Winston Churchill Range | 1938 | ||
90 | Mount Weiss | 3,090 | 10,140 | 180 | 590 | Winston Churchill Range | 1971 | Named for an explorer/mountain guide | |
91 | Mount Little | 3,088 | 10,131 | 164 | 538 | Bow Range | 1901 | Named for member of FA party | |
92 | Majestic Mountain | 3,086 | 10,125 | 1,120 | 3,670 | Trident Range | 1926 | ||
93 | Mount Richardson | 3,086 | 10,125 | 922 | 3,025 | Slate Range | 1911 | ||
94 | Mount Verendrye | 3,085 | 10,121 | 515 | 1,690 | Vermilion Range | 1922 | ||
95 | Bident Mountain | 3,084 | 10,118 | 103 | 338 | Bow Range | 1903 | Shaped like a bident | |
96 | Mount Owen | 3,083 | 10,115 | 903 | 2,963 | Bow Range | 1892 | ||
97 | Eiffel Peak | 3,077 | 10,095 | 465 | 1,526 | Bow Range | 1901 | ||
98 | Haddo Peak | 3,070 | 10,070 | 83 | 272 | Bow Range | 1903 | ||
99 | Pinnacle Mountain | 3,070 | 10,070 | 225 | 738 | Bow Range | 1909 | ||
100 | Mount Estella | 3,069 | 10,069 | 179 | 587 | Trident Range | 1930 | ||
101 | Hewitt Peak | 3,066 | 10,059 | 548 | 1,798 | Vermilion Range | 1906 | ||
102 | Mount Cairnes | 3,060 | 10,040 | 141 | 463 | Park Ranges | |||
103 | Ptarmigan Peak | 3,059 | 10,036 | 209 | 686 | Slate Range | 1909 | ||
104 | Mount Mangin | 3,057 | 10,030 | 125 | 410 | Park Ranges | 1928 | Named for a French army general | |
105 | Pika Peak | 3,053 | 10,016 | 13 | 43 | Slate Range | 1911 | ||
106 | Mount Laussedat | 3,052 | 10,013 | 986 | 3,235 | Park Ranges | 1906 | ||
107 | Cyclone Mountain | 3,050 | 10,010 | 162 | 531 | Park Ranges | 1910 | ||
108 | Chisel Peak | 3,046 | 9,993 | 726 | 2,382 | Park Ranges | 1920 | ||
109 | Courcelette Peak | 3,044 | 9,987 | 775 | 2,543 | High Rock Range | 1915 | ||
110 | Manx Peak | 3,044 | 9,987 | 374 | 1,227 | South Jasper Ranges | 1919 | ||
111 | Mount Garth | 3,043 | 9,984 | 103 | 338 | Park Ranges | 1934 | ||
112 | Mitchell | 3,040 | 9,970 | 183 | 600 | Winston Churchill Range | 1970 | ||
112 | Mount Morden Long | 3,040 | 9,970 | 360 | 1,180 | Winston Churchill Range | |||
114 | Mount McGuire | 3,030 | 9,940 | 110 | 360 | Winston Churchill Range | 1971 | Named for a park warden | |
115 | Mount Ulysses | 3,024 | 9,921 | 2,289 | 7,510 | Muskwa Ranges | 1961 | ||
116 | Mount Cordonnier | 3,012 | 9,882 | 177 | 581 | Park Ranges | 1930 | Named for a French army general | |
117 | Floe Peak | 3,006 | 9,862 | 436 | 1,430 | Vermilion Range | [20] | ||
118 | Chimney Peak | 3,002 | 9,849 | 137 | 449 | Bow Range | 1910 | ||
119 | Blackhorn Peak | 3,000 | 9,800 | 380 | 1,250 | South Jasper Ranges | 1926 | [20] |
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