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Columbia Icefield Area

Range Type	Area dominanted by a single large peak
Highest Point	Mount Columbia (3741 m/12,274 ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	British Columbia (55%), Alberta (45%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	2,155 sq km / 832 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	87 km / 54 mi North-South 74 km / 46 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	52° 8' N; 117° 28' W
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Map of Columbia Icefield Area
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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 Columbia Icefield Area.

Central Main Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
Selwyn Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
South Jasper Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
North Icefields	Level 5 (Sibling)
Clemenceau Icefield	Level 5 (Sibling)
Columbia Icefield Area	Level 5
Winston Churchill Range	Level 6 (Child)
Columbia Icefield	Level 6 (Child)
Bush-Prattle Divide	Level 6 (Child)
Vertebrae Ridge	Level 6 (Child)
Kitchen Range	Level 6 (Child)
Central Icefields	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southwest Central Park Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Freshfield Icefield	Level 5 (Sibling)
Waputik Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Columbia Icefield Area

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range6
1.	Mount Columbia	3741	12,274	Columbia Icefield
2.	North Twin	3733	12,247	Columbia Icefield
3.	Twins Tower	3627	11,900	Columbia Icefield
4.	Mount Alberta	3618	11,870	Winston Churchill Range
5.	South Twin	3581	11,749	Columbia Icefield
6.	Mount Kitchener	3505	11,499	Columbia Icefield
7.	Mount Bryce	3500	11,483	Columbia Icefield
8.	Mount Athabasca	3491	11,453	Columbia Icefield
9.	Snow Dome	3460+	11,352+	Columbia Icefield
10.	Stutfield Peak	3450	11,319	Columbia Icefield
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	Range6
1.	Mount Columbia	3741	12,274	Columbia Icefield
2.	Mount Alberta	3618	11,870	Winston Churchill Range

Photos of Peaks in the Columbia Icefield Area

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 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 Saskatchewan Lupe near Nigel Pass. Mt. Saskatchewan in the distance (2014-07-31). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Castleguard Mountain Castleguard Mountain from the summit of Mt.Athabasca. Mt. Bryce at the back (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.

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