Massive Range

{{short description|Mountain range in Banff NP, Canada}} {{other uses|Massive (disambiguation)}} {{distinguish|Massive Mountain}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Massive Range | image = Mount Brett.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Mount Brett | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | parent = Canadian Rockies | borders_on = Sawback Range | highest = Mount Brett | elevation_m = 2984 | coordinates = {{coord|51|09|42|N|115|49|18|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB|format=dms|display=inline}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb_brett>{{cite cgndb|id=IAIBU|name=Mount Brett|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref> | length_km = 15 | length_orientation = N-S | length_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/> | width_km = 16 | width_orientation = E-W | width_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/> | area_km2 = 144 | area_ref = <ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|rid=141314|name=Massive Range|access-date=2013-05-18}}</ref> | map = Canada Alberta | map_size = 275 | map_caption = Location in SW Alberta | range_coordinates = {{coord|51|09|42|N|115|49|10|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAHTW|name=Massive Range|access-date=2013-05-18}}</ref> }} The '''Massive Range''' is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the southwestern area of the Bow River valley in Banff National Park, Canada.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:<ref name=peakfinder/> {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:10em; margin-right:auto;" ! align=left|Mountain/Peak ||metres|| feet |- |Mount Brett || 2,984 ||align="right"| 9,790 |- |Pilot Mountain|| 2,935 ||align="right"| 9,629 |- |Mount Bourgeau || 2,930 ||align="right"| 9,613 |- |Massive Mountain || 2,435 ||align="right"| 7,889 |}

== Geology == The rock layers on the western side of the Sawback Range dip below the Bow River valley and rise again on the western side under Massive Mountain. Pilot Mountain, Mt. Brett and Mt. Bourgeau are peaks in another block of Palaeozoic rocks thrust from the west over slightly younger rocks of the Massive Range.<ref name=Belyea1960/>

==References== <references> <ref name=Belyea1960> {{cite report|last1=Belyea|first1=Helen|title=The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park | publisher=Geological Survey of Canada|date=1960|page=31 | url = http://www.parkscanadahistory.com/geology/misc-report-1-1960.pdf | access-date = 2019-06-25 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151002053400/http://www.parkscanadahistory.com/geology/misc-report-1-1960.pdf | archive-date= 2 October 2015}} Note: Paper states Mount "Brott" but actually refers to Mt. Brett.</ref>

<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=32|subject=ranges|name=Massive Range|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref> </references>

===Further reading=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|first1=Brian|last1=Patton|first2=Bart|last2=Robinson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaqVmc93yDoC&pg=PA50|title=Canadian Rockies Trail Guide|page=50|publisher=Summerthought Publishing|year=2011|isbn=9780978237509}} * {{cite book|first=Brian|last=Patton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8mxU7zdXGkC&pg=PA14|title=Parkways of the Canadian Rockies: A Touring Guide to Banff, Jasper, Kootenay|pages=14, 33, 46|publisher=Summerthought Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9780978237523}} {{refend}}

Category:Mountain ranges of Alberta Category:Massive Range Category:Mountains of Banff National Park