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The Whitefish Range is a mountain range stretching north-south from British Columbia, Canada to Montana, United States. It is about long and wide. Water flowing from its east side drains down the North Fork Flathead River and its west side drains into the Whitefish River, both part of the Columbia River drainage basin.
The mountain range is located north of Columbia Falls and Whitefish in the Flathead Valley, and east of Eureka. The Flathead River separates it from the Swan Range, which would otherwise continue the mountain range southwards.
The Whitefish Range, however, is not particularly high. The highest peaks in the U.S. are Nasukoin Mountain, , and Lake Mountain, . In Canada, the highest peak is Mount Doupe, .
The Whitefish Range is located west of Glacier National Park and consists mostly of wilderness. It supports a variety of including western red cedar, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine and western larch, but much of the region has been devastated by forest fires. The area also supports large mammals including black bears, , , and other species of fish, small mammals, and amphibians.
In the U.S., a large portion of the range has been removed from multiple use designation, including the 34,000-acre Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area on the Kootenai National Forest. Ten Lakes WSA contains more than 89 miles of trails, many mountain lakes, alpine peaks, and views into Canada and Glacier National Park.
In Canada, the Whitefish Range is referred to as the Galton and MacDonald ranges.
There is no weather station, but this climate table contains Interpolation data.
There is a SNOTEL weather station below Stahl Peak (Montana). Stahl Peak also has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) but has an overall warmer climate, due to its lower elevation.
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