Chinook Peak (Alberta)

Chinook Peak is a 2,591-metre (8,501-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

Chinook Peak
Chinook Peak, northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation2,591 m (8,501 ft)[1] [2]
Prominence246 m (807 ft)[3]
Parent peakAndy Good Peak (2,621 m)
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates49°35′08″N 114°36′36″W[4]
Naming
EtymologyChinook wind
Geography
Chinook Peak is located in Alberta
Chinook Peak
Chinook Peak
Location of Chinook Peak in Alberta
Chinook Peak is located in Canada
Chinook Peak
Chinook Peak
Chinook Peak (Canada)
LocationCastle Wildland Provincial Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeFlathead Range[5]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82G10 Crowsnest[4]
Geology
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockLimestone
Climbing
Easiest routeScrambling

Description

Chinook Peak is situated 10 kilometers southwest of the town of Coleman in the Crowsnest Pass area and can be seen from Highway 3, the Crowsnest Highway.[2] It is set on land managed by Castle Wildland Provincial Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the nearby Crowsnest River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) above the river in 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles). Sentry Mountain is 4.0 km (2.5 mi) to the northwest and the nearest higher neighbor is Andy Good Peak, 3.0 km (1.9 mi) to the southeast on the Continental Divide.[3]

History

Chinook Peak was named by Jim Kerr, a resident of the Crowsnest Pass. Jim knew that when snow started blowing from the top from the west, a chinook wind would soon follow.[2] When mapping this area, Dr. Raymond A. Price of the Geological Survey of Canada mapping this area, used this name to identify the peak.[1] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1962 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[4]

Geology

Chinook Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger Cretaceous period rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Chinook Peak has an alpine subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

  • Northeast aspect
    Northeast aspect
  • North aspect
    North aspect
  • Chinook Peak in winter
    Chinook Peak in winter
  • Chinook Peak centered at top
    Chinook Peak centered at top
  • Flathead RangeLeft to rightː Mount Coulthard, Andy Good Peak, Mount Parrish, Chinook Peak.
    Flathead Range
    Left to rightː Mount Coulthard, Andy Good Peak, Mount Parrish, Chinook Peak.
  • Chinook Peak (left)
    Chinook Peak (left)

See also

References
  1. Aphrodite Karamitsanis (1991), Place Names of Alberta, Vol I: Mountains, mountain parks, and foothills, University of Calgary Press, ISBN 978-0919813731, p. 49
  2. "Chinook Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  3. Chinook Peak, Peakvisor.com
  4. "Chinook Peak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  5. "Flathead Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
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