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Central Front Ranges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Mount Brazeau (3500+ m/11,483+ ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	Alberta
Area	24,382 sq km / 9,414 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	263 km / 163 mi North-South 234 km / 146 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	52° 13' N; 116° 22' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Central Front Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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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 Front Ranges.

Canadian Rockies	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Main Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Front Ranges	Level 4
East Jasper Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Maligne Range	Level 5 (Child)
Queen Elizabeth Range	Level 5 (Child)
Nikanassin Range	Level 5 (Child)
North Saskatchewan River Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Murchison Group	Level 5 (Child)
Clearwater Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Sawback-Slate Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Vermilion Range	Level 5 (Child)
East Banff Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Central Front Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Brazeau	3500+	11,483+	Queen Elizabeth Range
2.	Mount Hector	3394	11,135	Murchison Group
3.	Mount Willingdon	3373	11,066	Clearwater Ranges
4.	Mount Cline	3361	11,027	North Saskatchewan River Ranges
5.	Recondite Peak	3357	11,013	Clearwater Ranges
6.	Mount Murchison	3353	11,001	Murchison Group
7.	Mount Warren	3350+	10,991+	Queen Elizabeth Range
8.	Cataract Peak	3333	10,935	Clearwater Ranges
9.	Poboktan Mountain	3320+	10,892+	Queen Elizabeth Range
10.	Sunwapta Peak	3320+	10,892+	Queen Elizabeth Range
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 Brazeau	3500+	11,483+	Queen Elizabeth Range
2.	Mount Hector	3394	11,135	Murchison Group
3.	Mount Willingdon	3373	11,066	Clearwater Ranges
4.	Mount Cline	3361	11,027	North Saskatchewan River Ranges
5.	Mount Saint Bride	3315	10,876	Sawback-Slate Ranges
6.	Mount Aylmer	3162	10,374	East Banff Ranges
7.	Cascade Mountain	2998	9836	Vermilion Range
8.	Mount Kerkeslin	2956	9698	Maligne Range
9.	Blackface Mountain	2840+	9318+	Nikanassin Range
10.	Sirdar Mountain	2800+	9186+	East Jasper Ranges

Photos of Peaks in the Central Front Ranges

Mount Hector Lupe on Cirque Peak. Dolomite Peak and more distant snow-clad Mount Hector are seen to the S above Lupe's back. Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada (2014-07-27). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Murchison Mount Murchison massif seen from Peyo Lake overlook (2010-08). Photo by Ronald James. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sunwapta Peak Sunwapta Peak from Tangle Peak, 5.7 km S of Sunwapta Peak (2014-08-02). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.	Nigel Peak Lupe near Nigel Pass. Mt. Saskatchewan in the distance (2014-07-31). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Observation Peak Observation Peak viewed from the west from the spur road to Peyto Lake overlook (2008-08-30). Photo by Ronald James. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Richardson Ascending the snow-clas ridge of Mt Richardson. An unsually late snowpack in the May of 2002.The author used skis and then hiked in ski boots (2002-05-05). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.
Little Hector At the summit of Little Hector, with Hector at the back (2019-07-31). Photo by Weiwei Yin. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ptarmigan Peak Ptarmigan Peak, Canadian Rockies (2011-09-10). Photo by Adam Walker. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cascade Mountain Banff's Main St. lines up perfectly with Cascade Mtn. A large cornice on steep slabs, tucked behind the highest subpeak on the left, usually keeps scramblers off the summit through early August (2011-08-07). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cirque Peak Lupe along the Lake Helen trail with Cirque Peak in the distance (2014-07-27). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.

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