Spearhead Range

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Spearhead Range
Highest point
Coordinates	50°04′00″N 122°50′00″W / 50.06667°N 122.83333°W / 50.06667; -122.83333Coordinates: 50°04′00″N 122°50′00″W / 50.06667°N 122.83333°W / 50.06667; -122.83333
Dimensions
Area	83 km² (32 sq mi)
Geography
Country	Canada
State/Province	British Columbia
Parent range	Garibaldi Ranges

The Spearhead Range is a short subrange of the Garibaldi Ranges of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia and ending at its northwestern apex in Blackcomb Mountain, one of two mountains forming the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. Other notable summits are The Spearhead, Mount Trorey, and Tremor, Shatter, Shudder, Quiver and other similarly named peaks and glaciers. The range was named by Don and Phyllis Munday as the range's peaks resembled spearheads rising from the alpine fog. To the north of the range is Lone Goat Pass, formed by Wedge Creek and Lone Goat Creek, which is fed by the Spearhead Glacier, the largest glacier in the range. The valley of Fitzsimmons Creek is on the range's south side, and is the location of the Whistler Sliding Centre, which was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The Spearhead Range's counterpart on the south side of Fitzsimmons Creek is the Fitzsimmons Range, which runs east from Whistler Mountain.

References

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Ranges	Adam Ashington Bastion Bare Top Bell Bendor Boundary Boundary Britannia Bunster Burnaby Burniston Cadwallader Calliope Camelsfoot Cantilever Caren Cape Chechidla Cheja Chilcotin Chismore Clendinning Colville Conical Countess of Dufferin Dezadeash Dickson Douglas Earle Edwards Fannin Fitzsimmons Florence Franklyn Fraser Garibaldi Gastineau Georgina Halleck Kakuhan Kitimat Kitlope Koeye Leckie Lewis Lillooet Lincoln Longview McBride Mission Murphy Namu Nicholl Niut North Shore Pacific Pantheon Peabody Pembroke Potato Richardson Rousseau Sawtooth Seward Sir Harry Snowslide Shulaps Spearhead Spiller Tantalus Tenaiko Tottenham Unwin Waddington Wharncliffe Whitemantle Williams Wimbledon

Mountains	Alfred Alice Arthur Birkenhead Bishop Blackcomb Blanshard Brandywine Brew Burke Castle Towers Chutine Cinder Clarke Coquitlam Crickmer Crown Currie Cypress Devils Paw Devils Thumb Dewdney Dipyramid Eagle Elsay Fang Fitzgerald Forefinger Frederick William Fromme Garibaldi Good Hope Grouse Helena Hoodoo Judge Howay Kates Needle Kinch Little Bear Little Finger Little Ring London Luna Meager Merlon Middle Finger Monarch Monmouth Munday Nicomen One Eye Overill Pali Powder Price Queen Bess Raleigh Robie Reid Serratus Seymour Silverthrone Skihist Somolenko Tantalus Taseko Tatlow Red Tusk Spearhead Tiedemann Vic Victoria Waddington Wedge Wellington

Passes	Cayoosh Chilkoot Griswold Heckman McGillivray Pemberton Railroad Taylor Tyoax Warner Wedge White Wolverine

Glaciers	Cambria Diamond Ha-Iltzuk Homathko Hoodoo Juneau Kingcome Klinaklini Misty Monarch Pashleth Pemberton Powder Mountain Salmon Silverthrone Spearhead Stikine Twin

Parks	Bear Glacier Big Creek Callaghan Lake Clendinning Duffey Lake Garibaldi Mount Elphinstone Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Ts'il?os

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