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Photo: Massive Mountain with Mount Brett (left) and Pilot Mountain (right) from the northwest on the Bow Valley Parkway

Massive Mountain

  • 2435 m (7,889ft)
  • Naming History
51.1819N -115.794W
Located in the Bow River Valley, two km east of Pilot Mountain; 2.9 km northeast of Mount Brett

Range: Massive
Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Bow
Visible from Highway: 1
Year Named: 1918
Named for: This is not a particularly "massive" mountain. The name likely derives from the railway siding named "Massive" that is directly north of it.

Massive Mountain is a relatively minor, grass-covered highpoint in the Massive Range.