The Victoria Cross Ranges (52°55′N118°18′W / 52.917°N 118.300°W / 52.917; -118.300 (Victoria Cross Ranges-S) to 53°05′N118°30′W / 53.083°N 118.500°W / 53.083; -118.500 (Victoria Cross Ranges-N)) 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 the ranges is 678 square kilometres (262 sq mi).[3]
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak
Elevation (m/ft)
namesake
Snaring Mountain
2,931
9,616
Named for local Indigenous tribe who used snares to trap small animals
Mount Bridgland
2,930
9,610
Morrison Bridgland (not VC recipient)
Mount Mahood
2,896
9,501
Consort Mountain
2,883
9,459
Unknown
Mount Oliver
2,865
9,400
Frank Oliver
Mount Beaupré
2,778
9,114
Monarch Mountain
2,777
9,111
Pyramid Mountain
2,766
9,075
Mount McKean
2,743
8,999
George Burdon McKean, VC
Buttress Mountain
2,685
8,809
Mount Griesbach
2,682
8,799
William Antrobus Griesbach (not VC recipient)
Mount Kinross
2,650
8,690
Cecil John Kinross, VC
Mount Zengel
2,630
8,630
Raphael Louis Zengel, VC
Mount Henry
2,629
8,625
Henry A.F. MacLeod, CPR engineer[5]
Cairngorm
2,610
8,560
Mount Kerr
2,560
8,400
John Chipman Kerr, VC
Emigrants Mountain
2,553
8,376
Elysium Mountain
2,446
8,025
Mount Pattison
2,316
7,598
John George Pattison, VC
^"Topographic map of Snaring Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
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