Big White Mountain 2315 m (7,595 ft), also commonly called Big White, a reference shared by, and most commonly used to mean, the Big White Ski Resort

Big White Ski Resort

Big White Ski Resort, or simply Big White, is a ski resort located southeast of Kelowna in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Located on Big White Mountain, the highest summit in the Okanagan Highland, an upland area between the Monashee Mountains and the Okanagan Valley, it is the second...

 built around its summit, is the highest mountain

Mountain

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 of the Okanagan Highland

Okanagan Highland

The Okanagan Highland is a plateau-like hilly area in British Columbia, Canada, and the U.S. state of Washington . It lies between the Okanagan Valley on its west and the Kettle River on its east, and geologically is more or less an extension of the Thompson Plateau, which lies west of the Okanagan...

 and also of the Beaverdell Range

Beaverdell Range

The Beaverdell Range is a subrange of the Okanagan Highland in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, located between the West Kettle and Kettle Rivers, and running nearly due south from Big White Mountain, which is its highest summit, and the highest in the Okanagan Highland, and lies near the...

, a subrange of that formation, which lies between the Okanagan

Okanagan

The Okanagan , also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a region located in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. As of 2009, the region's population is approximately 350,927. The...

 Valley to its west and the main spine of the Monashee Mountains

Monashee Mountains

The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range mostly in British Columbia, Canada, extending into the U.S. state of Washington. They stretch from north to south and from east to west. They are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains...

 to its east. The mountain lies between the head of the Kettle River

Kettle River

-Rivers:*Kettle River in British Columbia and Washington*Kettle River , a tributary of the St. Croix River in eastern Minnesota*Kettle River , a tributary of the Blueberry River in central Minnesota...

and the source of Damfino Creek.