The Kettle River Range , often called the Kettle Range , is the southernmost range of the Monashee Mountains , located in far southeastern British Columbia , Canada and Ferry County , Washington , in the United States . Most of the northern half of the range is protected by the Colville National Forest and the southern half of the range is located on the Colville Indian Reservation . The highest peak is Copper Butte, which reaches 2,177 metres (7,142 ft). The range is crossed by Washington State Route 20 at Sherman Pass .
24-809: The Kettle River Range encompasses an area of 2,700 square miles (7,000 km) and is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains , which in turn form part of the Columbia Mountains . The range runs north to south, bordered on the east by the Kettle River and the Columbia River , and on the west by the Kettle River, the Curlew Valley and the San Poil River . The mountainous region begins immediately north of
48-531: A sub-range of the Columbia Mountains . The highest summit is Mount Monashee, which reaches 3,274 m (10,741 ft). The name is from the Scottish Gaelic monadh and sìth, meaning "moor" and "peace". The Monashee Mountains are limited on the east by the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes , beyond which lie the Selkirk Mountains . They are limited on the west by the upper North Thompson River and
72-801: A variety of rock types . Most geologically young mountain ranges on the Earth's land surface are associated with either the Pacific Ring of Fire or the Alpide belt . The Pacific Ring of Fire includes the Andes of South America, extends through the North American Cordillera , the Aleutian Range , on through Kamchatka Peninsula , Japan , Taiwan , the Philippines , Papua New Guinea , to New Zealand . The Andes
96-688: Is 7,000 kilometres (4,350 mi) long and is often considered the world's longest mountain system. The Alpide belt stretches 15,000 km across southern Eurasia , from Java in Maritime Southeast Asia to the Iberian Peninsula in Western Europe , including the ranges of the Himalayas , Karakoram , Hindu Kush , Alborz , Caucasus , and the Alps . The Himalayas contain the highest mountains in
120-476: Is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny . Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics . Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in
144-525: Is at work while the mountains are being uplifted until the mountains are reduced to low hills and plains. The early Cenozoic uplift of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado provides an example. As the uplift was occurring some 10,000 feet (3,000 m) of mostly Mesozoic sedimentary strata were removed by erosion over the core of the mountain range and spread as sand and clays across the Great Plains to
168-527: Is drier, having been stripped of much of its moisture. Often, a rain shadow will affect the leeward side of a range. As a consequence, large mountain ranges, such as the Andes, compartmentalize continents into distinct climate regions . Mountain ranges are constantly subjected to erosional forces which work to tear them down. The basins adjacent to an eroding mountain range are then filled with sediments that are buried and turned into sedimentary rock . Erosion
192-624: Is focused around the basin of the lower Kettle River and extends north toward the Midway Range . The Sherman Pass Scenic Byway runs 40 miles (64 km) east from the town of Republic, Washington across the center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point at Sherman Pass , 5,575 feet (1,699 m), the highest mountain pass open all year in Washington state. Source: Mountain range A mountain range or hill range
216-490: The Canada–US border , at Grand Forks, British Columbia , extending 110 miles (177 km) south to the bend of the Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt , formed by Grand Coulee Dam , where it terminates. The Okanogan Highlands are adjacent to the range on the west, and the Selkirk Mountains are adjacent on the east. The Sherman Pass Scenic Byway runs 40 miles (64 km) east from the town of Republic, Washington across
240-761: The Interior Plateau . The northern end of the range is Canoe Mountain at the south end of the Robson Valley , near of the town of Valemount , British Columbia. The southern extremity of the range is in Washington State, where the Kettle River Range reaches the confluence of the Kettle River and the Columbia , and reaches west to the southern extremity of the Okanagan Highland (spelled Okanogan Highland in
264-467: The Ocean Ridge forms the longest continuous mountain system on Earth, with a length of 65,000 kilometres (40,400 mi). The position of mountain ranges influences climate, such as rain or snow. When air masses move up and over mountains, the air cools, producing orographic precipitation (rain or snow). As the air descends on the leeward side, it warms again (following the adiabatic lapse rate ) and
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#1732848227952288-706: The Republic District although 6,000 ounces of gold came from the Danville and Columbia River Districts. Terrace deposits 30 and 100 feet above the Columbia River at Keller also produced gold. Records state that during this time period, 164 lode mines, where thick mineral veins were worked with pick axes and shovels, and 35 placer mines , where minerals exposed by erosion were recovered from rivers and loose surface soil, operated in Ferry County.—From 1904 to 1928,
312-605: The Shuswap River . Within this area, the small Sawtooth Range lies between the uppermost Shuswap River to the east and Mabel Lake to the west. The portion of the Shuswap Highland south of the North Thompson River to the Okanagan Highland, may also be included. Major peaks include Hallam Peak (3,205 m (10,515 ft)) and Cranberry Mountain (2,872 m (9,423 ft)). Between Revelstoke and Shuswap Lake,
336-513: The Solar System and are likely a feature of most terrestrial planets . Mountain ranges are usually segmented by highlands or mountain passes and valleys . Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geologic structure or petrology . They may be a mix of different orogenic expressions and terranes , for example thrust sheets , uplifted blocks , fold mountains, and volcanic landforms resulting in
360-436: The Kettle River Range was the largest producer of gold in the state. Mining operations yielded silver , copper , lead , zinc , platinum , nickel , cobalt , tungsten , iron , and iron pyrite ("fool’s gold"), as well. Today, the Kettle River Range is a popular, all-season recreation area for hiking , sport and aided climbing , snowshoeing , and cross-country skiing . The Kettle Crest National Recreation Trail follows
384-646: The Stickpin, Renner and Graves Mountain fires – burning south of the Canada–US border, west of Highway 395, north of State Route 20 and east of Highway 21. An estimated 73,392 acres were burned. Monashee Mountains The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia , Canada , extending into the U.S. state of Washington . They stretch 530 km (329 mi) from north to south and 150 km (93 mi) from east to west. They are
408-683: The US) just northeast of the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia rivers at Brewster and Bridgeport, Washington . The Okanagan Highland and parts of the Shuswap Highland to the west of the main range are technically classified as part of the Monashees, however, they may also be considered part of the Interior Plateau. The Okanagan Highland lies between the Kettle River and Okanagan Lake , south of
432-635: The backbone of the range, and may be accessed at the Kettle Crest Trailhead on the north or the Deer Creek Summit South/Sno-Park Trailhead on the south. The White Mountain fire burnt and destroyed 21,000 acres of timber in the southern half of the range in 1988, including all but the easternmost flanks of White Mountain, Edds Mountain, Bald Mountain, and Snow Peak, north to Sherman Peak. The State of Washington installed several interpretive sites and pull-outs along roads in
456-466: The center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point at Sherman Pass , 5,575 feet (1,699 m), the highest mountain pass open all year in Washington state. The route is named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman , who crossed the range in 1883. Prospectors and low-paid Chinese miners working claims in the Kettle River Range produced more than 839,000 ounces of gold between 1896 and 1959. The largest amounts came from
480-485: The east. This mass of rock was removed as the range was actively undergoing uplift. The removal of such a mass from the core of the range most likely caused further uplift as the region adjusted isostatically in response to the removed weight. Rivers are traditionally believed to be the principal cause of mountain range erosion, by cutting into bedrock and transporting sediment. Computer simulation has shown that as mountain belts change from tectonically active to inactive,
504-694: The range is crossed by Highway 1 - the Trans-Canada Highway - and by the mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway , which run through Eagle Pass . Highway 6 goes over Monashee Pass . The Crowsnest Highway to the south takes the Bonanza Pass . The southern end of the Monashees within Canada is an historically important mining and former industrial area known as the Boundary Country , which
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#1732848227952528-617: The rate of erosion drops because there are fewer abrasive particles in the water and fewer landslides. Mountains on other planets and natural satellites of the Solar System, including the Moon , are often isolated and formed mainly by processes such as impacts, though there are examples of mountain ranges (or "Montes") somewhat similar to those on Earth. Saturn 's moon Titan and Pluto , in particular, exhibit large mountain ranges in chains composed mainly of ices rather than rock. Examples include
552-517: The region that explain the causes and effects of the fire. On August 13, 2001, a series of major wildfires and complexes were ignited by regional lightning storms passing over eastern Washington. Among them was the Mount Leona Fire which burned for several weeks and encompasses over 6,000 acres in the central Kettle River range northeast of Curlew Lake . The Kettle Complex fires occurred in late summer of 2015. The complex included three fires –
576-528: The world, including Mount Everest , which is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) high. Mountain ranges outside these two systems include the Arctic Cordillera , Appalachians , Great Dividing Range , East Siberians , Altais , Scandinavians , Qinling , Western Ghats , Vindhyas , Byrrangas , and the Annamite Range . If the definition of a mountain range is stretched to include underwater mountains, then
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