Victoria Cross Ranges

{{Short description|Subrange of the Front Ranges in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name= Victoria Cross Range

| photo= Victoria Cross Range (Alberta) banner.jpg

| photo_caption= Victoria Cross Ranges

| highest= Snaring Mountain

| elevation_m= 2931

| elevation_ref={{cite opentopomap|Snaring Mountain|53.03806|-118.33056|2023-04-02}}

| coordinates= {{coord|53|02|17|N|118|19|50|W|type:mountain_region:CA|format=dms|display=inline}}

| coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=IAJOD|name=Snaring Mountain|access-date=2023-04-06}}

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| country= Canada

| subdivision2_type= Province

| subdivision2= Alberta

| parent= Canadian Rockies

| borders_on=

| area_km2= 678

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| length_orientation= N-S

| map= Canada Alberta

| map_size= 200

| map_caption= Location in Alberta

| range_coordinates= {{coord|53|00|N|118|18|W|type:mountain_region:CA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=IAONK|name=Victoria Cross Ranges|access-date=2023-04-06}}

| topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada_NTS_Map_Sheet|83|E|02}}

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The Victoria Cross Ranges ({{Coord|52|55|N|118|18|W|name=Victoria Cross Ranges-S}} to {{Coord|53|05|N|118|30|W|name=Victoria Cross Ranges-N}}) are a set of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies, located to the northwest of Jasper. Of the 19 peaks contained within this range, five are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The area of the ranges is {{convert|678|sqkm}}.{{cite web|url=https://bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1010|title=Victoria Cross Ranges|website=bivouac.com|access-date=2023-04-06}}

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

class="wikitable" style="margin-left:3em" ! align=left width=120|Mountain/Peak !!colspan=2| Elevation (m/ft) !! namesake
Snaring Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,931|m}}	Named for local Indigenous tribe who used snares to trap small animals
Mount Bridgland	{{elevation_cells|2,930|m}}	Morrison Bridgland (not VC recipient)
Mount Mahood	{{elevation_cells|2,896|m}}
Consort Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,883|m}}	Unknown
Mount Oliver	{{elevation_cells|2,865|m}}	Frank Oliver
Mount Beaupré	{{elevation_cells|2,778|m}}
Monarch Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,777|m}}
Pyramid Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,766|m}}
Mount McKean	{{elevation_cells|2,743|m}}	George Burdon McKean, VC
Buttress Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,685|m}}
Mount Griesbach	{{elevation_cells|2,682|m}}	William Antrobus Griesbach (not VC recipient)
Mount Kinross	{{elevation_cells|2,650|m}}	Cecil John Kinross, VC
Mount Zengel	{{elevation_cells|2,630|m}}	Raphael Louis Zengel, VC
Mount Henry	{{elevation_cells|2,629|m}}	Henry A.F. MacLeod, CPR engineerDonovan and Monto, Alberta Place Names, p. 142
Cairngorm	{{elevation_cells|2,610|m}}
Mount Kerr	{{elevation_cells|2,560|m}}	John Chipman Kerr, VC
Emigrants Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,553|m}}
Elysium Mountain	{{elevation_cells|2,446|m}}
Mount Pattison	{{elevation_cells|2316|m}}	John George Pattison, VC