Monashee Pass

Monashee Pass, 1,205 m (3,953 ft), is a mountain pass in the Monashee Mountains of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Located southeast of Cherryvile and is used by British Columbia Highway 6 connecting Vernon to Nakusp on Arrow Lake, and beyond to the cities of the West Kootenay. It is the "prominence col" for Big White Mountain, which is the highest mountain to its southwest.

References

Columbia Mountains

Cariboo

Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina

Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee

Major ranges	Anstey Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan Beaverdell

Mountains	Odin Hallam Dunn

Passes	Eagle Monashee Bonanza

Purcell

Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos

Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Snowpatch Spire Pigeon Spire Howser Spire

Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk

Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr

Sub-ranges	Adamant Sir Sandford Windy Badshot Ruby Norns

Mountains	Sir Sandford Sir Donald

Passes	Rogers

Glaciers	Illecillewaet

Coordinates: 50°06′00″N 118°31′00″W / 50.10000°N 118.51667°W / 50.10000; -118.51667

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