Chief Cheley Peak
{{short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}
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| photo_caption = Northeast aspect, (summit right of center)
| elevation_ft = 12815
| elevation_ref = The elevation of Chief Cheley Peak includes an adjustment of +1.637 m (+5.37 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
| prominence_ft = 384
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| range = Front Range
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| location = Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand and Larimer counties, Colorado, United States
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Grand Lake, Colorado
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Chief Cheley Peak is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|12815|ft|0|adj=on}} peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, {{convert|21.1|km|order=flip}} west (bearing 267°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties.{{cite web | url=http://peakery.com/chief-cheley-peak-colorado/ | title=Chief Cheley Peak | publisher=Peakery.com | access-date=22 November 2014}}
Chief Cheley Peak was named for Frank Cheley, an outdoor educator.{{cite book|last=Dziezynski|first=James|title=Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KT0Uf6MLtisC&pg=PA110|date=1 August 2012|publisher=Wilderness Press|isbn=978-0-89997-713-3|page=110}}
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
See also
- List of peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park
- {{C|Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado}}
- {{C|Mountains of Grand County, Colorado}}
{{portal|Geology|Geography|Colorado|Mountains}}
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado fourteeners
- List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
- List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
- List of Colorado county high points
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Category:Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park
Category:Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
Category:Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States
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