Pacific Ranges

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The Pacific Ranges are the southernmost subdivision of the Coast Mountains portion of the Pacific Cordillera. They run northwest from the lower stretches of the Fraser River to Bella Coola, north of which are the Kitimat Ranges.

The Pacific Ranges include four of the five major coastal icecaps in the southern Coast Mountains. These are the largest temperate-latitude icecaps in the world and fuel a number of very major rivers (by volume, not length). One of these contains Mount Waddington, the highest summit entirely within British Columbia. Also within this region, in southern Tweedsmuir Provincial Park is Hunlen Falls, the highest in Canada.

Other than logging and a large ski resort at Whistler most of the land in the range is completely undeveloped.

Contents

1 Major Subranges:
2 Major Icefields:
3 Major Peaks
4 Provincial Parks
5 Major Rivers
6 External link

Major Subranges:

Many smaller ranges and subranges are not listed at present.

Major Icefields:

(Other than the Waddington Range these are also considered to be "ranges" but are listed separately here because of their unique character).

Monarch Icefield
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield (Silverthrone Glacier)
Waddington Range
Homathko Icefield
Lillooet Icecap (Lillooet Crown)
Pemberton Icecap

Major Peaks

Provincial Parks

List is incomplete

Protected areas, recreation areas and other non-park preservation areas are not listed.

Major Rivers

Many relatively unknown rivers of considerable size along the coastal flank of the range are not listed, partly because they are largely unknown and also very difficult to access.

External link

[Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia article on the Pacific Ranges]

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