# Garibaldi Ranges > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Garibaldi_Ranges > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Garibaldi_Ranges.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_Ranges > Source revision: 1356110036 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Garibaldi Ranges | native_name = | image = Mount Garibaldi (50997016501).jpg | image_size = 300px | image_caption = [Mount Garibaldi](/source/Mount_Garibaldi) seen from the south | country = Canada | subdivision1 = [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) | subdivision2_type = Province | settlement = [Squamish](/source/Squamish%2C_British_Columbia) | parent = [Pacific Ranges](/source/Pacific_Ranges) | borders_on = {{hlist|[North Shore Mountains](/source/North_Shore_Mountains)|[Lillooet Ranges](/source/Lillooet_Ranges)|[Douglas Ranges](/source/Douglas_Ranges)}} | geology = | orogeny = | range_coordinates = | area_km2 = 4337 | highest = Wedge Mountain | highest_location = | elevation_m = 2892 | coordinates = {{coord|50|07|59|N|122|47|36|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_map = Vancouver Island-relief GaribaldiRanges.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Location map of Garibaldi Ranges }} The '''Garibaldi Ranges''' are the next-to-southwesternmost subdivision of the [Pacific Ranges](/source/Pacific_Ranges) of the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains); only the [North Shore Mountains](/source/North_Shore_Mountains) are farther southwest. They lie between the valley formed by the pass between the [Cheakamus River](/source/Cheakamus_River) and Green River on the west (the location of the [Resort Municipality of Whistler](/source/Whistler%2C_British_Columbia)) and the valley of the [Lillooet River](/source/Lillooet_River) on the east, and extend south into [Maple Ridge](/source/Maple_Ridge%2C_British_Columbia), an eastern suburb of [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), and the northern [District of Mission](/source/Mission%2C_British_Columbia). To their south are the [North Shore Mountains](/source/North_Shore_Mountains) overlooking [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver) while to their southeast are the [Douglas Ranges](/source/Douglas_Ranges). They take their name indirectly from [Mount Garibaldi](/source/Mount_Garibaldi) on the western side of the range, which is the namesake of [Garibaldi Provincial Park](/source/Garibaldi_Provincial_Park). Their southern end between the upper [Stave River](/source/Stave_River) and [Pitt Lake](/source/Pitt_Lake) is north of the municipality of [Maple Ridge](/source/Maple_Ridge%2C_British_Columbia), and forms [Golden Ears Provincial Park](/source/Golden_Ears_Provincial_Park) (which was originally part of [Garibaldi Park](/source/Garibaldi_Provincial_Park)). Their most famous [mountain](/source/mountain), [The Black Tusk](/source/The_Black_Tusk), is not among the highest in the range; it is a [volcanic plug](/source/volcanic_plug) on the meadow-ridge between Garibaldi and Cheakamus Lakes, just south of the resort of [Whistler, British Columbia](/source/Whistler%2C_British_Columbia). The highest peak in the range is just north of the resort, [Wedge Mountain](/source/Wedge_Mountain) 2892 m (9498 ft) a.k.a. Wedgemont and "The Wedge".{{Cite web |title=BC Geographical Names |url=https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/20071.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=apps.gov.bc.ca}} The northern part of the range, consisting mostly of [Garibaldi Provincial Park](/source/Garibaldi_Provincial_Park), is extremely alpine in character, with large icefields and a sea of high peaks. The southern part of the range, north of [Stave Lake](/source/Stave_Lake) and between the upper [Pitt River](/source/Pitt_River) and the lower [Lillooet River](/source/Lillooet_River), has no major icefields because of the precipitous character of the network of plunging U-shaped valleys - many well over 5000' deep, with individual peaks with near-vertical flanks up to 7000'. At the core of this set of ridges decorated with sharp, spiny peaks, is the highest - [Mount Judge Howay](/source/Mount_Judge_Howay) 2262 m (7421 ft). The southernmost major peaks of the Garibaldi Ranges are in [Golden Ears Provincial Park](/source/Golden_Ears_Provincial_Park) just north of Haney (downtown [Maple Ridge](/source/Maple_Ridge%2C_British_Columbia)), whose cluster of sugarloafs resemble a donkey's ears and, on the day of naming, were gleaming in the sunset; the highest of these is [Golden Ears](/source/Golden_Ears_(peaks)) at 1716 m (5630 ft). ==Sub-ranges== *[Garibaldi Névé](/source/Garibaldi_N%C3%A9v%C3%A9) *[Fitzsimmons Range](/source/Fitzsimmons_Range) **[Musical Bumps](/source/Musical_Bumps) *[McBride Range](/source/McBride_Range) *[Spearhead Range](/source/Spearhead_Range) *[Golden Ears](/source/Golden_Ears_Group) *[Misty Icefield](/source/Misty_Icefield) *[Bastion Range](/source/Bastion_Range) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930202633/http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1373 Garibaldi Ranges]}} in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia {{Pacific Ranges}} Category:Garibaldi Ranges Category:Sea-to-Sky Corridor Category:Landforms of Lower Mainland Category:Giuseppe Garibaldi --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Garibaldi Ranges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_Ranges) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_Ranges?action=history)). 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