[2] The mountain range is located north of Columbia Falls and Whitefish in the Flathead Valley, and east of Eureka.

[3] The Whitefish Range is located west of Glacier National Park and consists mostly of wilderness.

It supports a variety of conifers 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, grizzly bears, mountain lions, and other species of fish, small mammals, and amphibians.

[3] 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.