often considered to be part of the Interior Plateau. Some geographic classifications also include the Cabinet Mountains and Salish Mountains, which lie south of the Purcells between the Kootenai River and the Clark Fork of the Columbia, but in US classification systems they are generally considered to be part of the Rocky Mountains. Physiographically, they are a distinct province of the larger Rocky Mountain System physiographic division. Highest Mountains The following mountains are the 10 highest mountains (in order) contained within the Columbian Mountains: Mount Sir Sandford (3,519 m) (Selkirks) Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier (3,516 m) (Cariboos) Mount Farnham (3,493 m) (Purcells) Jumbo Mountain (3,437 m) (Purcells) Howser Spire (3,412 m) (Purcells) Mount Delphine (3,406 m) (Purcells) Mount Sir John Abbott (3,398 m) (Cariboos) Mount Hammond (3,387 m) (Purcells) Mount Dawson (3,377 m) (Selkirks) Eyebrow Peak (3,362 m) (Purcells) Passes The following passes are located within or on the perimeter of the Columbia Mountains: Cedarside Pass (Fraser and Columbia Rivers 800m) Canal Flats (Columbia and Kootenay Rivers) Rogers Pass (between Revelstoke and Golden) Kootenay Pass (between Trail and Creston) Eagle Pass (between Revelstoke and Sicamous) Monashee Pass (BC Hwy 6) Bonanza Pass (Christina Lake to Castlegar/Rossland) National and provincial parks Ansty Hunakwa Protected Area Bowron Lake Provincial Park Bugaboo Provincial Park Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park Dunn Peak Protected Area Glacier National Park Gladstone Provincial Park Goat Range Provincial Park Granby Provincial Park Graystokes Provincial Park Kianuko Provincial Park Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park Monashee Provincial Park Mount Revelstoke National Park Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area St. Mary's Alpine Provincial Park Silver Star Provincial Park Valhalla Provincial Park Wells Gray Provincial Park West Arm Provincial Park West Twin Provincial Park and Protected Area See also References Sources Columbia Mountains on Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Physiographic provinces Lists of mountain ranges of Canada Mountain ranges of British Columbia Mountain ranges of Idaho Mountain ranges of Montana Mountain ranges of Washington (state)