Monashee Mountains

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The Monashee Mountains are a rugged subrange of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for their extensive forests, heavy snowfall, and popular backcountry skiing terrain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mountain pass
mountain range
provincial park
snowcat skiing operation
subrange of the Columbia Mountains
adjacentTo Okanagan Highland NERFINISHED
Selkirk Mountains NERFINISHED
climate continental climate
climateFeature high winter snowfall
continent North America
country Canada
drainage Columbia River basin NERFINISHED
Fraser River basin NERFINISHED
geology metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
hasActivity hiking
mountain biking
ski touring
snowmobiling
hasPass Monashee Pass NERFINISHED
hasProtectedArea Monashee Provincial Park NERFINISHED
hasResortArea Monashee Powder Snowcats NERFINISHED
hasTownNearby Lumby NERFINISHED
Revelstoke NERFINISHED
Vernon NERFINISHED
highestPeak Mount Monashee NERFINISHED
knownFor backcountry skiing
extensive forests
heavy snowfall
heli-skiing
rugged terrain
snowcat skiing
locatedIn British Columbia
Monashee Mountains NERFINISHED
Monashee Mountains NERFINISHED
Monashee Mountains NERFINISHED
Monashee Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion southeastern British Columbia
mountainSystem Columbia Mountains NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Scottish Gaelic
nameMeaning “mountain of peace”
partOf Columbia Mountains NERFINISHED
regionType interior ranges of British Columbia
separates Okanagan Valley from the Columbia River valley NERFINISHED
traversedBy British Columbia Highway 6 NERFINISHED
vegetation coniferous forests
subalpine forests

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Okanagan borderedBy Monashee Mountains
Interior of British Columbia contains Monashee Mountains
West Kootenay mountainRange Monashee Mountains
British Columbia Highway 5 passesThroughMountainRange Monashee Mountains
this entity surface form: Monashee Mountains region