List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

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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 and/or Wikidata.

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RankMountain / PeakElevationProminenceSubrangeFANotes
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1Mount Robson 3,954 12,972 2,829 9,281 Rainbow Range 1913 Highest point in the Canadian Rockies[1]
2Mount Columbia 3,747 12,293 2,383 7,818 Winston Churchill Range 1902 Highest point in Alberta[2]
3North Twin Peak 3,730 12,240 1,010 3,310 Winston Churchill Range 1923 Highest peak of The Twins Massif
4Mount Clemenceau 3,664 12,021 1,499 4,918 Park Ranges 1923 Named for Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during WWI
5Mount Alberta 3,619 11,873 819 2,687 Winston Churchill Range 1925 Most difficult +11,000 climbing objective[3]
6Mount Assiniboine 3,618 11,870 2,086 6,844 Continental Ranges 1901 Highest point in the Southern Rockies[4]
7Mount Forbes 3,612 11,850 1,629 5,344 Park Ranges 1902 Highest point within the confines of Banff Nat'l Park[5]
8Mount Goodsir 3,567 11,703 1,887 6,191 Ottertail Range 1903 Two major summits: South Tower and North Tower (lowest)
9South Twin Peak 3,566 11,699 341 1,119 Winston Churchill Range 1924 Lowest peak of The Twins Massif
10Mount Temple 3,543 11,624 1,544 5,066 Bow Range 1894 Highest point near Lake Louise[6]
11Mount Bryce 3,507 11,506 707 2,320 Park Ranges 1902 Named for James Bryce, president of the Alpine Club[7]
12Mount Kitchener 3,505 11,499 280 920 Winston Churchill Range 1927 First named Mt. Douglas, renamed for Lord Kitchener after he was killed in WWI[8]
13Mount Lyell 3,498 11,476 1,078 3,537 Park Ranges 1902 Named for a Scottish Geologist
14Mount Hungabee 3,492 11,457 987 3,238 Bow Range 1903 Hungabee is the Nakoda word for cheiftain[9]
15Mount Athabasca 3,491 11,453 671 2,201 Park Ranges 1898 Athabasca is the Cree name for "where there are reeds"[10]
16Mount King Edward 3,490 11,450 770 2,530 Park Ranges 1924 Named for Edward VII
17Mount Brazeau 3,470 11,380 1,443 4,734 Park Ranges 1923 Named for a translator of the Palliser expedition[11]
18Mount Victoria 3,464 11,365 547 1,795 Bow Range 1897 Named for Queen Victoria
19Snow Dome 3,456 11,339 171 561 Winston Churchill Range 1898 Its permanently snow and ice-capped massif resembles a dome[12]
20Mount Andromeda 3,450 11,320 330 1,080 Park Ranges 1930 Named for Andromeda of Greek mythology[13]
20Stutfield Peak 3,450 11,320 290 950 Winston Churchill Range 1927 Named for Hugh Stutfield, an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies[14]
20Mount Joffre 3,450 11,320 1,505 4,938 Elk Range 1919 Named for Joseph Joffre, a French general during WWI
23Lunette Peak 3,428 11,247 38 125 Continental Ranges 1901 Origin of the name is not known
24Resplendent Mountain 3,425 11,237 483 1,585 Rainbow Range 1911  
25Deltaform Mountain 3,424 11,234 822 2,697 Bow Range 1903 Resembles Delta
26Mount Lefroy 3,423 11,230 417 1,368 Bow Range 1897 Site of the first fatal climbing accident in Canada (1896)
27The Helmet 3,420 11,220 128 420 Rainbow Range 1928 Peak on the Mt. Robon massif
28Christian Peak 3,406 11,175 100 330 Park Ranges 1926 Subpeak of Mount Lyell
28Mount Sir Douglas 3,406 11,175 1,110 3,640 Spray Mountains 1919 Named for a British army officer
30Mount Woolley 3,405 11,171 565 1,854 Winston Churchill Range 1925 [15]
31Mount Alexandra 3,401 11,158 421 1,381 Park Ranges 1902 Named for Queen Alexandra of Denmark
31Walter Peak 3,401 11,158 143 469 Park Ranges 1927 Subpeak of Mount Lyell
33Whitehorn Mountain 3,399 11,152 1,747 5,732 Park Ranges 1911  
34Mount Hector 3,394 11,135 1,759 5,771 Front Ranges 1895 Named for a geologist on the Palliser expedition
35Mount Cromwell 3,380 11,090 360 1,180 Winston Churchill Range 1936 Named after one of the FA climbers
36Diadem Peak 3,371 11,060 211 692 Winston Churchill Range 1898  
37Mount Edith Cavell 3,363 11,033 2,007 6,585 South Jasper Ranges 1915 Most prominent peak entirely in Alberta
38Mount Warren 3,362 11,030 412 1,352 Park Ranges 1928 Named for a mountain guide
39Mount Fryatt 3,361 11,027 1,608 5,276 Park Ranges 1926 Named for a British merchant captain executed in World War I
39Mount Cline 3,361 11,027 1,196 3,924 Front Ranges 1927  
41Mount Huber 3,348 10,984 158 518 Bow Range 1903  
42Mount Barnard 3,340 10,960 943 3,094 Park Ranges 1922  
43Mount Freshfield 3,337 10,948 477 1,565 Park Ranges 1902 Named for a British mountaineer
44Cataract Peak 3,333 10,935 938 3,077 Front Ranges 1930 Named for location near a waterfall or cataract
45Mount Mummery 3,331 10,928 481 1,578 Park Ranges 1906 Named for British mountaineer Albert F. Mummery
46Mount Amery 3,329 10,922 578 1,896 Park Ranges 1929 Named for a British politician/journalist
47Mount Shackleton 3,327 10,915 557 1,827 Park Ranges 1951 Named for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton
48Simon Peak 3,322 10,899 1,173 3,848 Park Ranges 1924  
49Mount Biddle 3,320 10,890 731 2,398 Bow Range 1903  
50Mount St. Bride 3,315 10,876 1,207 3,960 Sawback Range 1910  
50Sunwapta Peak 3,315 10,876 1,014 3,327 Park Ranges 1906  
52Mount Stewart 3,312 10,866 1,117 3,665 Cloister Mountains Unk Named for a university professor
53Mount Ball 3,311 10,863 1,187 3,894 Ball Range 1904 Named for John Ball, an Irish naturalist
53Oppy Mountain 3,311 10,863 311 1,020 Park Ranges 1947 Named for a village in France, the site of a WW I battle
55Mount Allen 3,310 10,860 260 850 Bow Range 1904 [16]
55Mount Vaux 3,310 10,860 830 2,720 Ottertail Range 1901 Named for William Sandys Wright Vaux
57Eon Mountain 3,305 10,843 558 1,831 Park Ranges 1921 FA climber died on descent
58Glacier Peak 3,302 10,833 72 236 Bow Range 1909  
59Howse Peak 3,295 10,810 1,227 4,026 Waputik Mountains 1902  
60Ringrose Peak 3,292 10,801 137 449 Bow Range 1909  
61Mount Pilkington 3,285 10,778 101 331 Park Ranges 1910  
62Mount Spring-Rice 3,275 10,745 426 1,398 Park Ranges 1923 Named for a British diplomat
63Mount Balfour 3,272 10,735 934 3,064 Waputik Range 1899 Named for a Scottish botanist
64Cirrus Mountain 3,270 10,730 890 2,920 Front Ranges 1939 Named for cirrus clouds
64Mount Engelhard 3,270 10,730 210 690 Winston Churchill Range 1930 Named for an American climber
66Chancellor Peak 3,266 10,715 726 2,382 Ottertail Range 1901 Named for a Canadian judge
67Mount Wilson 3,260 10,700 880 2,890 Park Ranges 1902 Named for a Canadian guide
68Sentry Peak 3,257 10,686 242 794 Ottertail Range Unk  
69Apex Mountain 3,250 10,660 510 1,670 Park Ranges 1922 Named for its location in the centre of the Clemenceau Icefield
69Monkhead 3,250 10,660 60 200 Front Ranges 1950 Named for its hood-like appearance similar to a monk
71Mount Smythe 3,246 10,650 420 1,380 Winston Churchill Range 1951 Named for an English mountaineer
71Mount Tuzo 3,246 10,650 210 690 Bow Range 1906 Named for female Canadian mountaineer who made FA
73Neptuak Mountain 3,241 10,633 151 495 Bow Range 1902  
74Bonnet Peak 3,235 10,614 395 1,296 Sawback Range 1914  
74Mount Fay 3,235 10,614 389 1,276 Bow Range 1904  
76Collier Peak 3,232 10,604 94 308 Bow Range 1893  
77Mount GEC 3,220 10,560 400 1,300 Winston Churchill Range 1948 Named for first names of the first ascent climbers
78White Pyramid 3,219 10,561 236 774 Waputik Mountains 1939  
79Mount Rae 3,218 10,558 1,330 4,360 Misty Range Unk  
80Chaba Peak 3,212 10,538 391 1,283 Park Ranges 1928 Chaba is the Stoney Indian word for beaver
81Mushroom Peak 3,210 10,530 270 890 Winston Churchill Range 1947  
82Wenkchemna Peak 3,206 10,518 16 52 Bow Range 1923 Wenkchemna is Stoney Indian word for ten
83Ghost Mountain 3,203 10,509 547 1,795 Park Ranges 1927 [17]
84Foster Peak 3,201 10,502 996 3,268 Vermilion Range 1933  
85Mount Stephen 3,199 10,495 989 3,245 Park Ranges 1887 Named for the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway
86Eden Peak 3,198 10,492 267 876 Park Ranges 1927 Named for a British astronomer
87Unnamed 3,196 10,486 326 1,070 Park Ranges 1930 Formerly known as Mt. Pétain until 2022
88Mount Foch 3,194 10,479 384 1,260 Park Ranges 1930 Named for a French general who served in World War I
89Lynx Mountain 3,192 10,472 440 1,440 Rainbow Range 1913 Named for the remains of a lynx found on a nearby glacier.
90Mount Nelson 3,180 10,430 240 790 Winston Churchill Range 1951 Named for an American climber who died in a climbing accident
91Mount Robertson 3,177 10,423 281 922 Spray Mountains 1928 Named for a British Army officer during WW I
92Coronation Mountain 3,176 10,420 436 1,430 Park Ranges 1917 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
93Quadra Mountain 3,173 10,410 285 935 Bow Range 1910 Top of mountain consists of four pinnacles
94Younghusband Ridge 3,170 10,400 130 430 Park Ranges 1927 Named for a British army officer
95Popes Peak 3,163 10,377 81 266 Bow Range 1903 Named for a Canadian politician
96Storm Mountain 3,158 10,361 408 1,339 Ball Range 1889 Named by George Dawson for it being shrouded mostly in clouds
97Stanley Peak 3,155 10,351 248 814 Ball Range 1901 Named for Fred Stanley, sixth Governor-General of Canada
97Thorington Tower 3,155 10,351 275 902 Winston Churchill Range 1967  
99Mount Aberdeen 3,152 10,341 566 1,857 Bow Range 1894 Named for the 7th Governor General of Canada
100Mount Amundsen 3,150 10,330    Named for a British astronomer.[18] Name is not officially recognized.
100Mount Palmer 3,150 10,330 270 890 Winston Churchill Range 1953 Named for an American explorer
102Tumbling Peak 3,145 10,318 685 2,247 Park Ranges Unk  
102Mount Whiteaves 3,145 10,318 285 935 Park Ranges 1949 Named for a British palaeontologist
104Mount Barlow 3,143 10,312 203 666 Park Ranges 1930 Named for a cartographer who died in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster.
105Mist Mountain 3,140 10,300 487 1,598 Misty Range 1946  
106Odaray Mountain 3,137 10,292 627 2,057 Bow Range 1887 Odaray is the Stony expression for "many waterfalls"
107Mount Coleman 3,135 10,285 775 2,543 Cloister Mountains Unk Named for Arthur Coleman, a Canadian geologist.
108Mount Little 3,134 10,282 164 538 Bow Range 1916 Named for member of FA party
109Mount Balinhard 3,130 10,270 605 1,985 Park Ranges 1971 Named for a Scottish Earl
110Lychnis Mountain 3,124 10,249 244 801 Sawback Range 1969 Named for a flower
111The President 3,123 10,246 653 2,142 President Range 1901  
112Mount Ennis 3,122 10,243 147 482 Ottertail Range 1906 Named for the manager of a shipping line.
113Wales Peak 3,121 10,240 210 690 Park Ranges 1927 Named for a British astronomer.
114Gong Peak 3,120 10,240 280 920 Winston Churchill Range 1936  
114Mount Peary 3,120 10,240    [19]
114Throne Mountain 3,120 10,240 880 2,890 South Jasper Ranges 1926 Named for resemblance to a chair.
114Mount Weiss 3,120 10,240 210 690 Winston Churchill Range 1971 Named for an explorer/mountain guide
118Beatrice Peak 3,119 10,233 74 243 Ball Range 1912 Named for Beatrice Shultz, a member of the FA party.
119Redoubt Peak 3,109 10,200 169 554 Park Ranges 1927 Named for its resemblance to a redoubt.
120Mount Babel 3,103 10,180 200 660 Bow Range 1910  
121Mount Birdwood 3,097 10,161 735 2,411 Spray Mountains 1922 Named for a British Army officer
122Storm Mountain 3,095 10,154 291 955 Misty Range Unk  
123Mount Magog 3,092 10,144 188 617 Park Ranges 1920 Named for references in the bible
124Mount Adam Joachim 3,090 10,140 440 1,440 Winston Churchill Range 1938  
124Tornado Mountain 3,090 10,140 950 3,120 High Rock Range 1915  
126Bident Mountain 3,088 10,131 103 338 Bow Range 1903 Shaped like a bident
127Majestic Mountain 3,086 10,125 1,126 3,694 Trident Range 1926  
127Mount Richardson 3,086 10,125 922 3,025 Slate Range 1909  
127Mount Verendrye 3,086 10,125 527 1,729 Vermilion Range 1922  
130Mount Owen 3,083 10,115 903 2,963 Bow Range 1892  
131Eiffel Peak 3,077 10,095 465 1,526 Bow Range 1901  
131The Vice President 3,077 10,095 167 548 President Range 1901 Named for a VP of the Canadian Pacific Railway
133Mount Habel 3,073 10,082 227 745 Park Ranges 1923 Named after a German geographer
134Haddo Peak 3,070 10,070 83 272 Bow Range 1903  
134Pinnacle Mountain 3,070 10,070 225 738 Bow Range 1909  
136Mount Estella 3,069 10,069 179 587 Trident Range 1930  
137Hewitt Peak 3,066 10,059 533 1,749 Vermilion Range 1906  
138Revenant Mountain 3,065 10,056 725 2,379 Palliser Range 1968  
139Mount Cairnes 3,060 10,040 141 463 Park Ranges Unk  
140Ptarmigan Peak 3,059 10,036 209 686 Slate Range 1909  
141Mount Mangin 3,057 10,030 125 410 Park Ranges 1928 Named for a French army general
142Fisher Peak 3,053 10,016 904 2,966 Fisher Range 1950 Named for a British admiral
142Pika Peak 3,053 10,016 13 43 Slate Range 1909  
144Mount Laussedat 3,052 10,013 986 3,235 Park Ranges 1906  
145Mount Perren 3,051 10,010 113 371 Bow Range 1927 Named for a Parks Canada Warden
146Cyclone Mountain 3,050 10,010 162 531 Park Ranges 1910  
147Mount Carnarvon 3,046 9,993 406 1,332 President Range 1904 Named for a British politician
147Chisel Peak 3,046 9,993 726 2,382 Park Ranges 1920  
149Courcelette Peak 3,044 9,987 775 2,543 High Rock Range 1915  
149Manx Peak 3,044 9,987 374 1,227 Trident Range 1919  
151Mount Garth 3,043 9,984 103 338 Park Ranges 1934  
152Mount Mitchell 3,040 9,970 183 600 Winston Churchill Range 1970  
152Mount Morden Long 3,040 9,970 360 1,180 Winston Churchill Range Unk  
154Mount McGuire 3,030 9,940 130 430 Winston Churchill Range 1971 Named for a park warden
155Mount Ulysses 3,024 9,921 2,289 7,510 Muskwa Ranges 1961  
156Mount Cordonnier 3,012 9,882 177 581 Park Ranges Unk Named for a French army general
157Floe Peak 3,006 9,862 436 1,430 Vermilion Range Unk [20]
158Chimney Peak 3,001 9,846 137 449 Bow Range 1910  
159Blackhorn Peak 3,000 9,800 380 1,250 South Jasper Ranges 1926 [20]
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