The Blue Range is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of the
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies (french: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part ...
, located on the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
in
Banff National Park
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest National Parks of Canada, national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rockies, Alberta's Rocky Mountains, west of Calgary, Banff encompasses of mountainous terrain, wi ...
, Canada. The range was so named on account of its blueish colour when viewed from afar.
Mount Alcantara
Mount Alcantara is a mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Mount Alcantara is the highest point in the Blue Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. This remote peak is situated west of the Continental Divide and s ...
is the highest point in the range.
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Notes
Mountain ranges of Alberta
Ranges of the Canadian Rockies
Mountains of Banff National Park
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