The Monashee Mountains are a

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lying mostly in

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, extending into the

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. They stretch from north to south and from east to west. They are a sub-range of the

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. The highest summit is Mount Monashee, which reaches . The name is from the

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''monadh'' and ''sìth,'' meaning "moor" and "peace".

Geography

Kinbasket Lake, Columbia River, British Columbia

The Monashee Mountains are limited on the east by the Columbia River and

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, beyond which lie the

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. They are limited on the west by the upper

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and the

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. The northern end of the range is

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at the south end of the

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, near of the town of Valemount, British Columbia. The southern extremity of the range is in Washington State, where the

Kettle River Range The Kettle River Range, often called the Kettle Range, is the southernmost range of the Monashee Mountains, located in far southeastern British Columbia, Canada and Ferry County, Washington, in the United States. Most of the northern half of th ...

reaches the confluence of the Kettle River and the

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, and reaches west to the southern extremity of the Okanagan Highland (spelled Okanogan Highland in the US) just northeast of the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia rivers at

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and

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. The

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and parts of the

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to the west of the main range are technically classified as part of the Monashees, however, they may also be considered part of the Interior Plateau. The Okanagan Highland lies between the Kettle River and

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, south of the

Shuswap River The basin of the Shuswap River (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) lies northeast of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, originating in the central Monashee Mountains. It is the upper part of the drainage better known to British Columbians as belo ...

. Within this area, the small Sawtooth Range lies between the uppermost Shuswap River to the east and

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to the west. The portion of the Shuswap Highland south of the

to the Okanagan Highland, may also be included. Major peaks include Hallam Peak () and Cranberry Mountain ().

Passes

Between Revelstoke and Shuswap Lake, the range is crossed by

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- the

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- and by the mainline of the

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, which run through Eagle Pass.

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goes over Monashee Pass. The

Crowsnest Highway The Crowsnest Highway is an east-west highway in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. It stretches across the southern portions of both provinces, from Hope, British Columbia to Medicine Hat, Alberta, providing the shortest highway connection b ...

to the south takes the Bonanza Pass. The southern end of the Monashees within Canada is an historically important mining and former industrial area known as the

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, which is focused around the basin of the lower Kettle River and extends north toward the

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. The Sherman Pass Scenic Byway runs east from the town of

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across the center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point at Sherman Pass, , the highest mountain pass open all year in Washington state.

Subranges

Anstey Range The Anstey Range is a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located east of the Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake, south of Ratchford Creek and between the Perry River on the east. It has an area of 507 km2 and is a subrange of ...

Christina Range The Christina Range is a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located roughly north of Grand Forks, between Lower Arrow Lake and the Granby River. It has an area of 2442 km2 and is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains, wh ...

Gold Range The Gold Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains in the southern British Columbia Interior. This range originally applied to all of the Monashees between the Arrow Lakes and the Okanagan but today only applies to a narrow stretch of the Mon ...

Jordan Range The Jordan Range is a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Revelstoke, between the Columbia River and the Perry River, to the north of Three Valley Gap (the summit of Eagle Pass). It has an area of 634& ...

Malton Range The Malton Range is a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of the Canoe Reach of Kinbasket Lake and east of the Albreda River, north of Dominion Mountain. It has an area of 451 km2 and is a subrange of t ...

Beaverdell Range The Beaverdell Range is a subrange of the Okanagan Highland in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, located between the West Kettle and Kettle Rivers, and running nearly due south from Big White Mountain, which is its highest summit, and t ...

* Sawtooth Range *

Ratchford Range The Ratchford Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains of the Columbia Mountains, located east of the Seymour River in British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend ...

Rossland Range The Rossland Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains of the Columbia Mountains, between the Columbia River and Big Sheep Creek in British Columbia, Canada. The highest point in the range is Old Glory Mountain, . See also * Geography of B ...

Scrip Range The Scrip Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains of the Columbia Mountains, located on the west side of Lake Revelstoke and north of Hoskins Creek in British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinc ...

Whatshan Range The Whatshan Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean ...

Mountains

Source:Peakbagger.com, Peaks List: ''Monashee Mountains''
/ref> *Mount Monashee, *

Hallam Peak Hallam Peak () is a distinctive rock peak in the Kukri Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peak rises to between the heads of Von Guerard Glacier and Aiken Glacier and provides an unobstructed view of the Lake Fryxell locality of Taylor Vall ...

, *

Red Mountain (Rossland) Red Mountain is the lower of three mountains that make up the Red Mountain Ski Area. It is nestled within the Monashee Mountains The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia, Canada, extending into the U.S. stat ...

, *, *Dominion Mountain, *Peak 2892, * Mount Odin, *Gordon Horne Peak, *Cranberry Mountain, *The Pinnacles, * Mount Begbie, * Mount Copeland, * Mount Tilley, * Mount Albreda,

Sources

External links

Bivouac.com Hiking info and images
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