Chak Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Chak Peak

| photo = Chak Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Chak Peak seen from Cavell Meadows Trail

| elevation_m = 2775

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=5566|name=Chak Peak|accessdate=2019-03-30}}

| prominence_m = 235

| prominence_ref=

| range = Canadian Rockies

| parent_peak = Franchère Peak 2805 m

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| location = Jasper National Park
Alberta, Canada

| map = Canada Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

| map_size = 270

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|52|42|43|N|118|07|38|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IALPD|name=Chak Peak|accessdate=2021-01-03}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|9}}

| first_ascent = 1915 Topographical Survey

| easiest_route =

}}

Chak Peak is a {{Convert|2775|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Chak is a name derived from the Stoney language meaning "eagle".{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=36|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=32}} Precipitation runoff from Chak Peak drains into Portal Creek and Astoria River which are both tributaries of the Athabasca River.

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Chak Peak is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

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