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
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
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]

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

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/PeakElevation (m/ft)Prom. (m/ft)
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

See also

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