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Central Main Ranges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Mount Columbia (3741 m/12,274 ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	British Columbia (72%), Alberta (28%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	14,271 sq km / 5,510 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	202 km / 126 mi North-South 219 km / 136 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	52° 7' N; 117° 51' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Central Main Ranges
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Central Main Ranges.

Canadian Rockies	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Main Ranges	Level 4
Selwyn Range	Level 5 (Child)
South Jasper Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
North Icefields	Level 5 (Child)
Clemenceau Icefield	Level 5 (Child)
Columbia Icefield Area	Level 5 (Child)
Central Icefields	Level 5 (Child)
Southwest Central Park Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Freshfield Icefield	Level 5 (Child)
Waputik Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Central Front Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Central Main Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Columbia	3741	12,274	Columbia Icefield Area
2.	North Twin	3733	12,247	Columbia Icefield Area
3.	Mount Clemenceau	3664	12,021	Clemenceau Icefield
4.	Twins Tower	3627	11,900	Columbia Icefield Area
5.	Mount Alberta	3618	11,870	Columbia Icefield Area
6.	Mount Forbes	3617	11,867	Central Icefields
7.	South Twin	3581	11,749	Columbia Icefield Area
8.	Mount Kitchener	3505	11,499	Columbia Icefield Area
9.	Mount Bryce	3500	11,483	Columbia Icefield Area
10.	Mount Lyell	3498	11,476	Central Icefields
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Columbia	3741	12,274	Columbia Icefield Area
2.	Mount Clemenceau	3664	12,021	Clemenceau Icefield
3.	Mount Forbes	3617	11,867	Central Icefields
4.	Mount Edith Cavell	3363	11,033	South Jasper Ranges
5.	Mount Fryatt	3361	11,027	North Icefields
6.	Mount Barnard	3340	10,958	Freshfield Icefield
7.	Howse Peak	3295	10,810	Waputik Mountains
8.	Jeanette Peak	3089	10,135	Selwyn Range
9.	Mount Laussedat	3052	10,013	Southwest Central Park Ranges

Photos of Peaks in the Central Main Ranges

Mount Columbia The summit pyramid of Mount Columbia rises from the relatively flat expanse of a lobe of its namesake icefield (2012-04-08). Click here for larger-size photo.	Twins Tower Descending the north ridge of North Twin towards the magnificent south ridge of Twins Tower - one of the most aesthetic lines in Canadian Rockies with about 2000m shear exposure on each side. (2015-05-09). Photo by Steven Song. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Alberta Mt. Alberta - most difficult 11,000er of Canadian Rockies, seen from the summit of Mt. Woolley. (2014-09-06). Photo by Steven Song. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Forbes Our route up lower Forbes North Glacier (2022-07-20). Photo by John Mcmechan. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Bryce Mount Bryce from the summit of Mt.Athabasca (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Athabasca Mount Athabasca and the Columbia Icefield are barely visible through the clouds in this view from Mount Wilcox (1992-08-07).
Snow Dome Lupe near summit of Wilcox Pass, Alberta, Canada. Snow Dome (left center 11,483 ft.) and Mt. Kitchener (right 11,417 ft.) visible in the background (2013-07-31). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Silverhorn On the west ridge of Silverhorn en-route to Athabasca. Mt. Andromeda at the back (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Andromeda Lupe at viewpoint SW of Wilcox Pass. (L to R): Mt. Athabasca, Mt. Andromeda, Athabasca Glacier. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada (2014-07-29). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Edith Cavell West Ridge of Mount Edith Cavell (1994-08-11). Photo by Tim Hagan. Click here for larger-size photo.

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