Slate Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Richardson |
Elevation | 3,086 m (10,125 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 922 m (3,025 ft) [3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 51°29′45″N116°07′21″W / 51.49583°N 116.12250°W [4] |
Dimensions | |
Length | 26 km (16 mi)W-E [5] |
Width | 13 km (8.1 mi)N-S [5] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Range coordinates | 51°29′46″N116°07′20″W / 51.49611°N 116.12222°W [6] |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [6] |
The Slate Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in Banff National Park, Canada. The range is named after slate, the primary composition of the mountains in the area. [7]
The Lake Louise Ski Resort is on the southern slopes of this range.
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak | Elevation (m/ft) | Prom. (m/ft) | ||
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Mount Richardson | 10,125 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002922000000000000"|922 | 3,025 | ||
Ptarmigan Peak | 10,036 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002209000000000000"|209 | 686 | ||
Pika Peak | 10,016 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7001130000000000000"|13 | 43 | ||
Fossil Mountain | 9,665 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002471000000000000"|471 | 1,545 | ||
Redoubt Mountain | 9,521 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002570000000000000"|570 | 1,870 | ||
Lipalian Mountain | 8,890 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002152000000000000"|152 | 499 | ||
Skoki Mountain | 8,881 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002482000000000000"|482 | 1,581 | ||
Anthozoan Mountain | 8,842 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002304000000000000"|304 | 997 | ||
Brachiopod Mountain | 8,750 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002152000000000000"|152 | 499 | ||
Whitehorn Mountain | 8,652 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002167000000000000"|167 | 548 | ||
Heather Ridge | 8,648 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002213000000000000"|213 | 699 |
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