Blue Range

The Blue Range (50°48′11″N 115°32′06″W / 50.80306°N 115.53500°W / 50.80306; -115.53500 (Blue Range)) is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide in Banff National Park, Canada.[1] The range was so named on account of its blueish colour when viewed from afar.[2]

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peakmetresfeet
Red Man Mountain2,9059,531
Aurora Mountain2,7899,151

Notes

  1. "IAGZS". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 22.


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