Rainbow Range (Coast Mountains)

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The Rainbow Range is on the western edge of the Chilcotin Plateau, adjoining the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains to the south, and the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains to the north. In some classification systems it is considered part of the Coast Mountains and has been assigned here in Wikipedia to the Pacific Ranges although it is not formally part of that range-complex. Adjoining it on the east are the lower but similar Itcha and Ilgachuz Ranges, which are also part of the Anahim Volcanic Belt.

It lies north of the Bella Coola and Atnarko Rivers and south and west of the Dean River, which curves around its nort flank, and is relatively drier in climate and easier of terrain than more mountainous areas immediately west. Its main summit is the volcanic cone of Tsitsutl Peak 2495 m (8186 ft).