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{{short description|Mountain range on Alberta/British Columbia border in Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name=Ball Range
| photo=Stanley Peak.jpg
| photo_caption=[[Stanley Peak (Ball Range)|Stanley Peak]]
| country = [[Canada]] | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|[[Alberta]]|[[British Columbia]]}}
| range=[[Canadian Rockies]]
| range_coordinates = {{coord|51|09|N|116|01|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb/>
| length_km=26| length_orientation=W-E|length_ref=<ref name=peakbagger/>
| width_km=35 | width_orientation=N-S|width_ref=<ref name=peakbagger/>
| highest=[[Mount Ball]]
| elevation_m=3311
| elevation_ref=<ref name=Kane1999/><ref name=crdb_mtball/>
| coordinates= {{coord|51|09|22|N|116|00|22|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
| coordinates_ref=<ref name=bcgnis_mtball>{{cite bcgnis|id= 11052|title=Mount Ball|access-date=2025-03-13}}</ref>
| listing = {{ubl|[[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]|
            [[List of mountains of British Columbia|Mountains of British Columbia]]}}
| topo_map = {{unbulleted list|[[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|1}}<ref name=cgndb/>|NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|4}}<ref name=bcgnis/>}}
| geology= | period= | orogeny=
| map=Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia
| map_caption=Location in British Columbia
}}
The '''Ball Range''' is a [[mountain range]] on the [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]] between Vermilion Pass and Red Earth Pass in [[Kootenay National Park]], [[Canada]].<ref name=crdb/> The range is named after [[John Ball (naturalist)|John Ball]],<ref name=bcgnis/> a politician who helped secure funding for the [[Palliser expedition]].

It extends over {{cvt|465|sqkm|sqmi}}, and measures {{cvt|35|km|mi}} from North to South and {{cvt|26|km|mi}} from East to West.<ref name=peakbagger/>

==Peaks==
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
{{#invoke:Mountains Prism|list|m|name,elev,prom,fa,tcoords
|3311^[[Mount Ball]]
|3158^[[Storm Mountain (Ball Range)|Storm Mountain]]
|3155^[[Stanley Peak (Ball Range)|Stanley Peak]]
|3125^[[Beatrice Peak]]
|2926^[[Isabelle Peak]]
|2920^[[Haiduk Peak]]
|2918^[[Scarab Peak (Canada)|Scarab Peak]]
|2895^[[The Monarch (Canadian Rockies)|The Monarch]]
|2838^[[Mount Shanks]]
|2795^[[Copper Mountain (Alberta)|Copper Mountain]]
}}
{{GeoGroup|section=Peaks}}

==References==
<references>
<ref name=bcgnis>
  {{cite bcgnis|id=11057 |title=Ball Range|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
<ref name=cgndb>
  {{cite cgndb|id=IADNT|name=Ball Range|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
<ref name=crdb>
  {{cite crdb|id=1|name=Ball Range|subject=ranges|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
<ref name=crdb_mtball>
  {{cite crdb|id=81|name=Mount Ball|access-date=2025-03-13}}</ref>
<ref name=Kane1999>
  {{cite book | title=[[Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies]] | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Ball
  | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=216–217}}</ref>
<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger |rid=141313 |name=Ball Range|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
</references>
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