Rainbow Range (Chilcotin Plateau)

Rainbow Range
Rainbow Mountains
Rainbow Range colours from heavy mineralization
Highest point
Peak	Tsitsutl Peak
Elevation	2,495 m (8,186 ft)[1]
Coordinates	52°43′24″N 125°46′48″W / 52.72333°N 125.78000°W / 52.72333; -125.78000[2]
Geography
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Range 3 Coast Land District
Range coordinates	52°42′59″N 125°49′05″W / 52.71639°N 125.81806°W / 52.71639; -125.81806[3]
Parent range	Chilcotin Plateau
Borders on	Pacific Ranges, Kitimat Ranges, Ilgachuz Range
Topo map	NTS 93C12 Tusulko River
Geology
Formed by	Shield volcano
Orogeny	Anahim hotspot volcanism
Age of rock	8.7 to 7.2 million years

The Rainbow Range, formerly gazetted as the Rainbow Mountains,^[3] is a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada, located 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Anahim Lake. Located on the western edge of the Chilcotin Plateau, the range adjoins the Coast Mountains Pacific Ranges to the south, and the Kitimat Ranges to the north. In some classification systems it is considered^{[by whom?]} part of the Coast Mountains. It lies north of the Bella Coola and Atnarko Rivers and south and west of the Dean River, which curves around its north flank, and is relatively drier in climate and easier of terrain than more mountainous areas immediately west.

Once called Tsitsutl, meaning "rainbow mountains" in the Ulkatcho dialect of the Carrier language,^[4] that name is now the name of the range's highest peak.