Sawback Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount St. Bride [1] |
Elevation | 3,315 m (10,876 ft) [2] |
Coordinates | 51°30′28″N115°57′19″W / 51.50778°N 115.95528°W [3] |
Dimensions | |
Length | 45 km (28 mi)N-S |
Width | 34 km (21 mi)E-W |
Area | 622 km2 (240 sq mi) [1] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Range coordinates | 51°21′N115°50′W / 51.350°N 115.833°W [4] |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82O5 Castle Mountain [4] |
The Sawback Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that stretches from the Bow Valley in Alberta into southeastern Banff National Park.
This range includes the following mountains and peaks: [5]
Mountain/Peak | Elevation |
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Mount St. Bride | 3,315 m (10,876 ft) |
Bonnet Peak | 3,235 m (10,614 ft) |
Mystic Peak | 2,960 m (9,711 ft) |
Block Mountain | 2,935 m (9,629 ft) |
Mount Ishbel | 2,908 m (9,541 ft) |
Mount Cory | 2,802 m (9,193 ft) |
Oyster Peak | 2,777 m (9,111 ft) |
Cockscomb Mountain | 2,776 m (9,108 ft) |
Mount Louis | 2,682 m (8,799 ft) |
Mount Fifi | 2,621 m (8,599 ft) |
Mount Edith | 2,554 m (8,379 ft) |
The Finger | 2,545 m (8,350 ft) |
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