Continental Ranges

The Continental Ranges are a major grouping of mountain ranges in the Rocky Mountains primarily located in the Canadian Rockies of eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, with small portions extending into the U.S. states of Idaho and Montana. It is a physiographic designation primarily geologists and is not used by the general public; it is not recognized in Alberta, and does not appear on topographic maps, although the names of its subranges are in common use. It is the largest and best-known of the Canadian Rockies' three main subdivisions.

Sub-ranges

There are three main subdivisions of the Continental Ranges: the Front Ranges, the Park Ranges, and the Kootenay Ranges. Each of those three subdivisions is further divided into individual ranges as follows:

Front Ranges
*Bare Range
*Bighorn Range
*Bosche Range
*De Smet Range
*Elk Range
*Fairholme Range
*First Range
*Fisher Range
*Goat Range
*Greenhills Range
*High Rock Range
**Misty Range
*Highwood Range
*Jacques Range
*Kananaskis Range
*Lizard Range
*Maligne Range
*Miette Range
*Murchison Group
*Nikanassin Range
*Opal Range
*Palliser Range
*Queen [Elizabeth Ranges]
*Ram Range
*Sawback Range
*Slate Range
*Taylor Range
*Vermilion Range
*Victoria Cross Ranges
*Whitegoat Peaks
*Wisukitsak Range
Park Ranges, also known as the Main Ranges.
*Blackwater Range
*Blue Range
*Bow Range
*Chaba Icefield
*Clemenceau-Chaba
*Columbia Icefield
*Drummond Group
*Freshfields
*Harrison Group
*Hooker Icefield
*Kitchen Range
*Le Grand Brazeau
*McKale-Chalco Divide
*Mitchell Range
*Morkill Ranges
*Ottertail Range
*Rainbow Range
*Royal Group (mountain range)
*Selwyn Range
*Spray Mountains
*Sundance Range
*The Ramparts
*Trident Range
*Van Horne Range
*Vermilion Range
*Wapta Icefield
*Waputik Icefield
*Waputik Mountains
**President Range
**Waputik Range
*Winston Churchill Range
Kootenay Ranges
*Beaverfoot Range
*Brisco Range
*Hughes Range
*Stanford Range
*Van Nostrand Range