The Tantalus Range is a small but spectacular subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia, Canada. The range is well-known to travellers to and from the ski resort at Whistler as the stunning vista on the highway to the resort from Squamish.
To Sḵwxwú7mesh, the local indigenous people of the area, the name of the Tantalus Range is tsekílx. In their history, these mountains were once men and their dogs on a m...
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The Tantalus Range is a small but spectacular subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia, Canada. The range is well-known to travellers to and from the ski resort at Whistler as the stunning vista on the highway to the resort from Squamish.
To Sḵwxwú7mesh, the local indigenous people of the area, the name of the Tantalus Range is tsekílx. In their history, these mountains were once men and their dogs on a mountain goat hunting trip but turned to stone by the "Transformers".
The range's southern end is on the western edge of that town and it runs only about 35 km northwest on the west bank of the Squamish River and is less than 16 km wide at its widest. It is about 46000 ha (4600 km² or 1775 mi²) in area. Mount Tantalus 2603 m (8540 ft) is the highest in the range.
The origin of the name, as well as the names of many of its peaks, are from Greek mythology. Tantalus was doomed in Hades to be half-submerged in cold water with fruit dangling close...
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