Massive Range should not be confused with Massive Mountain.
Massive Range | |
Country: | Canada |
Region Type: | Province |
Region: | Alberta |
Parent: | Canadian Rockies |
Border: | Sawback Range |
Highest: | Mount Brett |
Elevation M: | 2984 |
Coordinates: | 51.1617°N -115.8217°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Length Km: | 15 |
Length Orientation: | N-S |
Width Km: | 16 |
Width Orientation: | E-W |
Area Km2: | 144 |
Area Ref: | [2] |
Map: | Canada Alberta |
Map Size: | 275 |
Range Coordinates: | 51.1617°N -115.8194°W |
Range Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
The Massive Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the southwestern area of the Bow River valley in Banff National Park, Canada.
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak | metres | feet | |
---|---|---|---|
2,984 | 9,790 | ||
Pilot Mountain | 2,935 | 9,629 | |
2,930 | 9,613 | ||
2,435 | 7,889 |
The rock layers on the western side of the Sawback Range dip below the Bow River valley and rise again on the western side under Massive Mountain. Pilot Mountain, Mt. Brett and Mt. Bourgeau are peaks in another block of Palaeozoic rocks thrust from the west over slightly younger rocks of the Massive Range.