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A list of highest mountains and peaks in the Canadian Rockies over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) is shown below. Sources for the elevation, prominence and first ascent can be found in their respective pages.

Rank Mountain/peak Elevation Prominence Subrange FA Notes References
m ft m ft
1 Mount Robson 3,954 12,972 2,829 9,281 Rainbow Range 1913 Highest point in the Canadian Rockies
2 Mount Columbia 3,747 12,293 2,383 7,818 Winston Churchill Range 1902 Highest point in Alberta
3 North Twin Peak 3,731 12,241 1,011 3,317 Winston Churchill Range 1923    
4 Mount Clemenceau 3,658 12,001 1,499 4,918 Park Ranges 1923  
5 Mount Alberta 3,619 11,873 819 2,687 Winston Churchill Range 1925 Most difficult +11,000 climbing objective
6 Mount Assiniboine 3,618 11,870 2,086 6,844 Park Ranges 1901 Highest point in the Southern Rockies
7 Mount Forbes 3,612 11,850 1,629 5,344 Park Ranges 1902 Highest point within the confines of Banff Nat'l Park
8 South Twin Peak 3,566 11,699 341 1,119 Winston Churchill Range 1924    
9 Mount Temple 3,543 11,624 1,544 5,066 Bow Range 1894 Highest point near Lake Louise
10 Mount Bryce 3,507 11,506 707 2,320 Columbia Icefield 1902  
11 Mount Kitchener 3,505 11,499 280 920 Winston Churchill Range 1927  
nn Mount Lyell 3,498 11,476 1,078 3,537 Columbia Icefield 1902 Named for a Scottish Geologist  
12 Mount Hungabee 3,492 11,457 987 3,238 Bow Range 1903  
13 Mount Athabasca 3,491 11,453 671 2,201 Columbia Icefield 1898  
14 Mount King Edward 3,490 11,450 770 2,530 Park Ranges 1924 Named for Edward VII  
15 Mount Brazeau 3,470 11,380 1,443 4,734 Park Ranges 1923  
16 Mount Victoria 3,464 11,365 547 1,795 Bow Range 1897  
17 Snow Dome 3,456 11,339 171 561 Winston Churchill Range 1898  
18 Mount Andromeda 3,450 11,320 330 1,080 Columbia Icefield 1930  
18 Stutfield Peak 3,450 11,320 290 950 Winston Churchill Range 1927  
20 Mount Joffre 3,449 11,316 1,505 4,938 Park Ranges 1919  
21 Lunette Peak 3,428 11,247 38 125 Park Ranges 1901    
22 Resplendent Mountain 3,425 11,237 483 1,585 Rainbow Range 1911  
23 Deltaform Mountain 3,424 11,234 822 2,697 Bow Range 1903 Resembles Delta  
24 Mount Lefroy 3,423 11,230 417 1,368 Bow Range 1897 Site of the first fatal climbing accident in Canada  
25 The Helmet 3,420 11,220 128 420 Rainbow Range 1928 Peak on the Mt. Robon massif  
26 Christian Peak 3,406 11,175 100 330 Park Ranges 1926 Subpeak of Mount Lyell  
27 Mount Sir Douglas 3,406 11,175 1,110 3,640 Park Ranges 1919 Named for a British army officer  
28 Mount Woolley 3,405 11,171 565 1,854 Winston Churchill Range 1925  
29 Mount Alexandra 3,401 11,158 241 791 Park Ranges 1902 Named for Queen Alexandra of Denmark  
30 Walter Peak 3,401 11,158 143 469 Park Ranges 1927 Subpeak of Mount Lyell  
31 Whitehorn Mountain 3,399 11,152 1,747 5,732 Park Ranges 1911    
32 Mount Hector 3,394 11,135 1,759 5,771 Front Ranges 1895 Named for a geologist on the Palliser expedition  
33 Diadem Peak 3,371 11,060 211 692 Winston Churchill Range 1898    
34 Mount Edith Cavell 3,363 11,033 2,033 6,670 South Jasper Ranges 1915 Most prominent peak entirely in Alberta  
35 Mount Fryatt 3,361 11,027 1,608 5,276 Park Ranges 1926 Named for a British merchant captain executed in World War I  
36 Mount Cline 3,361 11,027 1,196 3,924 Cline Range 1926    
37 Mount Huber 3,348 10,984 158 518 Bow Range 1903    
38 Mount Barnard 3,338 10,951 947 3,107 Park Ranges 1922    
39 Oppy Mountain 3,335 10,942 311 1,020 Park Ranges 1947    
40 Mount Cromwell 3,330 10,930 330 1,080 Winston Churchill Range 1938    
41 Mount Amery 3,329 10,922 579 1,900 Park Ranges 1929 Named for a British politician/journalist  
42 Mount Mummery 3,328 10,919 481 1,578 Park Ranges 1906 Named for British mountaineer Albert F. Mummery  
43 Simon Peak 3,322 10,899 1,173 3,848 South Jasper Ranges 1924    
44 Mount Biddle 3,320 10,890 731 2,398 Bow Range 1902    
45 Mount St. Bride 3,315 10,876 1,207 3,960 Sawback Range 1910    
46 Sunwapta Peak 3,315 10,876 1,014 3,327 Front Ranges 1906    
47 Mount Allen 3,310 10,860 260 850 Park Ranges 1904  
48 Howse Peak 3,295 10,810 1,227 4,026 Waputik Mountains 1902    
49 Mount Pilkington 3,285 10,778 101 331 Park Ranges 1910    
50 Mount Spring-Rice 3,275 10,745 426 1,398 Park Ranges 1923    
51 Mount Balfour 3,272 10,735 934 3,064 Waputik Mountains 1898    
52 Mount Engelhard 3,270 10,730 210 690 Winston Churchill Range 1930 Named for an American climber  
53 Mount Wilson 3,260 10,700 780 2,560 Cline Range 1902 Named for a Canadian guide  
54 Mount Smythe 3,246 10,650 420 1,380 Winston Churchill Range 1951 Named for an English mountaineer  
55 Mount Tuzo 3,246 10,650 210 690 Bow Range 1906 Named for female Canadian mountaineer who made FA  
56 Bonnet Peak 3,235 10,614 395 1,296 Sawback Range 1914    
57 Mount Fay 3,235 10,614 389 1,276 Bow Range 1904    
58 Neptuak Mountain 3,233 10,607 151 495 Bow Range 1902    
59 Mount Rae 3,218 10,558 1,330 4,360 Misty Range      
60 Chaba Peak 3,212 10,538 278 912 Park Ranges 1928 Chaba is the Stoney Indian word for beaver  
61 Mushroom Peak 3,210 10,530 270 890 Winston Churchill Range 1947    
62 Foster Peak 3,204 10,512 996 3,268 Vermilion Range 1933    
63 Ghost Mountain 3,204 10,512 547 1,795 Park Ranges 1927  
64 Unnamed 3,196 10,486 326 1,070 Park Ranges 1930 Formerly known as Mt. Pétain until 2022  
65 Mount Foch 3,194 10,479 384 1,260 Park Ranges 1930 Named for a French general who served in World War I  
66 Lynx Mountain 3,192 10,472 425 1,394 Rainbow Range 1913    
67 Eden Peak 3,180 10,430 267 876 Park Ranges 1927 Named for a British astronomer  
68 Quadra Mountain 3,173 10,410 285 935 Bow Range 1910 Top of mountain consists of four pinnacles  
69 Wenkchemna Peak 3,170 10,400 16 52 Park Ranges 1923 Wenkchemna is Stoney Indian word for ten  
70 Younghusband Ridge 3,170 10,400 130 430 Chaba Icefield 1927 Named for a British army officer  
71 Thorington Tower 3,155 10,351 275 902 Winston Churchill Range 1967    
72 Mount Aberdeen 3,152 10,341 566 1,857 Bow Range 1894 Named for the 7th Governor General of Canada  
73 Mount Amundsen 3,150 10,330 228 748 Park Ranges 1927 Named for a British astronomer
74 Mount Nelson 3,150 10,330 280 920 Winston Churchill Range 1951 Named for an American climber who died in a climbing accident  
75 Mount Palmer 3,150 10,330 270 890 Winston Churchill Range 1953 Named for an American explorer  
76 Tumbling Peak 3,145 10,318 685 2,247 Vermilion Range      
77 Mount Whiteaves 3,145 10,318 285 935 Park Ranges 1949 Named for a British palaeontologist  
78 Mist Mountain 3,140 10,300 487 1,598 Misty Range 1946    
79 Odaray Mountain 3,137 10,292 627 2,057 Bow Range 1887    
80 Mount GEC 3,130 10,270 400 1,300 Winston Churchill Range 1948 Named for first names of the first ascent climbers  
81 Mount Barlow 3,120 10,240 203 666 Park Ranges 1930    
81 Gong Peak 3,120 10,240 280 920 Winston Churchill Range 1936    
81 Mount Peary 3,120 10,240 184 604 Chaba Icefield 1927  
81 Throne Mountain 3,120 10,240 880 2,890 South Jasper Ranges 1926 Named for resemblance to a chair  
85 Wales Peak 3,109 10,200 210 690 Park Ranges 1926 Named for a British astronomer  
86 Mount Babel 3,101 10,174 200 660 Bow Range 1910    
87 Tornado Mountain 3,099 10,167 959 3,146 South Jasper Ranges 1915  
88 Storm Mountain 3,095 10,154 291 955 Misty Range      
89 Mount Adam Joachim 3,094 10,151 190 620 Winston Churchill Range 1938    
90 Mount Weiss 3,090 10,140 180 590 Winston Churchill Range 1971 Named for an explorer/mountain guide  
91 Mount Little 3,088 10,131 164 538 Bow Range 1901 Named for member of FA party  
92 Majestic Mountain 3,086 10,125 1,120 3,670 Trident Range 1926    
93 Mount Richardson 3,086 10,125 922 3,025 Slate Range 1911    
94 Mount Verendrye 3,085 10,121 515 1,690 Vermilion Range 1922    
95 Bident Mountain 3,084 10,118 103 338 Bow Range 1903 Shaped like a bident  
96 Mount Owen 3,083 10,115 903 2,963 Bow Range 1892    
97 Eiffel Peak 3,077 10,095 465 1,526 Bow Range 1901    
98 Haddo Peak 3,070 10,070 83 272 Bow Range 1903    
99 Pinnacle Mountain 3,070 10,070 225 738 Bow Range 1909    
100 Mount Estella 3,069 10,069 179 587 Trident Range 1930    
101 Hewitt Peak 3,066 10,059 548 1,798 Vermilion Range 1906    
102 Mount Cairnes 3,060 10,040 141 463 Park Ranges      
103 Ptarmigan Peak 3,059 10,036 209 686 Slate Range 1909    
104 Mount Mangin 3,057 10,030 125 410 Park Ranges 1928 Named for a French army general  
105 Pika Peak 3,053 10,016 13 43 Slate Range 1911    
106 Mount Laussedat 3,052 10,013 986 3,235 Park Ranges 1906    
107 Cyclone Mountain 3,050 10,010 162 531 Park Ranges 1910    
108 Chisel Peak 3,046 9,993 726 2,382 Park Ranges 1920    
109 Courcelette Peak 3,044 9,987 775 2,543 High Rock Range 1915    
110 Manx Peak 3,044 9,987 374 1,227 South Jasper Ranges 1919    
111 Mount Garth 3,043 9,984 103 338 Park Ranges 1934    
112 Mitchell 3,040 9,970 183 600 Winston Churchill Range 1970    
112 Mount Morden Long 3,040 9,970 360 1,180 Winston Churchill Range      
114 Mount McGuire 3,030 9,940 110 360 Winston Churchill Range 1971 Named for a park warden  
115 Mount Ulysses 3,024 9,921 2,289 7,510 Muskwa Ranges 1961    
116 Mount Cordonnier 3,012 9,882 177 581 Park Ranges 1930 Named for a French army general  
117 Floe Peak 3,006 9,862 436 1,430 Vermilion Range    
118 Chimney Peak 3,002 9,849 137 449 Bow Range 1910    
119 Blackhorn Peak 3,000 9,800 380 1,250 South Jasper Ranges 1926  
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