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Photo: Castle Mountain from the Columbia Valley, six km south of Castledale

Castle Mountain (BC)

  • 2545 m (8,350ft)
51.0389N -116.446W
Located west of the headwaters of the Kootenay River; northeast of the headwaters of Pratt Creek

Range: Beaverfoot
Province: BC
Headwater: Columbia
Major Valley: Kootenay
Visible from Highway: 1, 95

There are two Castle Mountains in the Canadian Rockies, this one being in British Columbia. The other is in the Bow Valley, mid-way between Banff and Lake Louise.

Photo: Looking southwest to Castle Mountain (right) from the Trans-Canada Highway