Slate Range (Alberta)

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Slate Range
Historic Lake Louise Hotel!.jpg
Mt. Richardson seen from Lake Louise
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 / 51.49583; -116.12250 [4]
Dimensions
Length26 km (16 mi)W-E [5]
Width13 km (8.1 mi)N-S [5]
Geography
Canada Alberta relief location map - transverse mercator proj.svg
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Slate Range
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Range coordinates 51°29′46″N116°07′20″W / 51.49611°N 116.12222°W / 51.49611; -116.12222 [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]

Contents

The Lake Louise Ski Resort is on the southern slopes of this range.

Peaks

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain / PeakElevationProminenceFACoordinates
mftmft
Mount Richardson 3,08610,1259223,0251909 51°29′45″N116°7′21″W / 51.49583°N 116.12250°W / 51.49583; -116.12250
Ptarmigan Peak 3,05910,0362096861909 51°29′32″N116°5′26″W / 51.49222°N 116.09056°W / 51.49222; -116.09056
Pika Peak 3,05310,01613431909 51°29′47″N116°6′24″W / 51.49639°N 116.10667°W / 51.49639; -116.10667
Fossil Mountain 2,9469,6654711,5451906 51°30′11″N116°2′46″W / 51.50306°N 116.04611°W / 51.50306; -116.04611
Redoubt Mountain 2,9029,5215701,8701906 51°28′2″N116°4′52″W / 51.46722°N 116.08111°W / 51.46722; -116.08111
Skoki Mountain 2,7078,8814821,581Unk 51°31′48″N116°3′38″W / 51.53000°N 116.06056°W / 51.53000; -116.06056
Anthozoan Mountain 2,6958,8423049971911 51°27′46″N116°1′39″W / 51.46278°N 116.02750°W / 51.46278; -116.02750
Lipalian Mountain 2,6828,799182597Unk 51°25′37″N116°5′50″W / 51.42694°N 116.09722°W / 51.42694; -116.09722
Brachiopod Mountain 2,6678,7501524991911 51°28′43″N116°2′13″W / 51.47861°N 116.03694°W / 51.47861; -116.03694
Heather Ridge 2,6368,648213699Unk 51°28′21″N116°3′5″W / 51.47250°N 116.05139°W / 51.47250; -116.05139
Whitehorn Mountain 2,6218,5991675481884 51°28′4″N116°8′30″W / 51.46778°N 116.14167°W / 51.46778; -116.14167
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Richardson". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies . Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 250. ISBN   0-921102-67-4.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Richardson". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  3. ↑ "Mount Richardson". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Mount Richardson". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  5. 1 2 "Slate Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  6. 1 2 "Slate Range". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Slate Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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