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Purcell Mountains

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Mount Farnham (3493 m/11,460 ft)
Countries	Canada (81%), United States (19%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	British Columbia (81%), Montana (15%), Idaho (4%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	24,423 sq km / 9,430 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	351 km / 218 mi North-South 165 km / 102 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	49° 56' N; 116° 20' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Purcell Mountains
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Columbia Mountains	Level 3 (Parent)
Cariboo Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Shuswap Highland	Level 4 (Sibling)
Okanogan Highlands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Monashee Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Selkirk Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Purcell Mountains	Level 4
Northern Purcell Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Bugaboos Area	Level 5 (Child)
Farnham-Horsethief Area	Level 5 (Child)
Central Purcell Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Canada Purcell Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
United States Purcell Mountains	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Purcell Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Farnham	3493	11,460	Farnham-Horsethief Area
2.	Mount Jumbo	3437	11,276	Farnham-Horsethief Area
3.	Howser Spire	3412	11,194	Bugaboos Area
4.	Karnak Mountain	3411	11,191	Farnham-Horsethief Area
5.	Mount Delphine	3406	11,175	Farnham-Horsethief Area
6.	Mount Hammond	3387	11,112	Farnham-Horsethief Area
7.	Commander Mountain	3371	11,060	Farnham-Horsethief Area
8.	South Howser Tower	3364	11,037	Bugaboos Area
9.	Eyebrow Peak	3362	11,030	Farnham-Horsethief Area
10.	Mount Peter	3357	11,014	Farnham-Horsethief Area
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Farnham	3493	11,460	Farnham-Horsethief Area
2.	Howser Spire	3412	11,194	Bugaboos Area
3.	Mount Hamill	3274	10,741	Central Purcell Mountains
4.	International Mountain	3099	10,167	Northern Purcell Mountains
5.	Snowcrest Mountain	2880	9449	Southern Canada Purcell Mountains
6.	Northwest Peak	2348	7705	United States Purcell Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Purcell Mountains

Mount Farnham Photo of the summit area of Mount Farnham, showing the route of our ascent--we failed to find a route up the sheer, rotten summit block (2017-09-01). Click here for larger-size photo.	South Howser Tower 360 panorama of the Bugaboos and nearby peaks taken from the false summit of Pigeon Spire. http://tinyurl.com/bugaboos-pano (2017-08-28). Photo by Jason Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bugaboo Spire 360 panorama of the Bugaboos and nearby peaks taken from the false summit of Pigeon Spire. http://tinyurl.com/bugaboos-pano (2017-08-28). Photo by Jason Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pigeon Spire Approaching the first of three summits of the West Ridge au Cheval (2014-08-04). Photo by Kristian Kalsing. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Evans Mt Evans (2021-10-03). Photo by mike helminger. Click here for larger-size photo.	Northwest Peak Lookout cabin on the talus of Northwest Peak (2016-08-16). Click here for larger-size photo.
Robinson Mountain Robinson Mountain from trail, south side. Lookout visible on top (2016-07-22). Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Henry Lookout on the summit of Mt. Henry (2021-07-14). Photo by Timothy Hutchings. Click here for larger-size photo.
O'Brien Mountain O'Brien Mountain from Skyline NRT (2022-09-25). Photo by Grog Supervolcano. Click here for larger-size photo.	Goat Mountain view looking southwest (2020-07-04). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info

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