Mount Peechee
{{Short description|Mountain in Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Peechee
| photo = Mountain road trip to Banff springs (23793130931).jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 2935
| elevation_ref = {{Cite peakfinder| id=1056| name= Mt. Peechee|access-date= 2007-08-31}}
| prominence_m = 160
| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1511|name=Mount Peechee|access-date=2009-01-02}}
| range = Fairholme Range
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta
| part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park
| coordinates = {{coord|51|12|35|N|115|22|38|W|type:mountain_region:CA}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAQIS|name=Mount Peechee|access-date=2019-08-02}}
| map = Alberta#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|3}}
| easiest_route = rock climb
}}
Mount Peechee is the third highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. Mt. Peechee is located immediately southeast of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.
The mountain was named in 1884 by George Dawson after Indigenous guide Alexis Piché, who escorted George Simpson through the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.
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Geology
Like other mountains in Banff National Park, Mount Peechee is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.{{Belyea-Banff-NP}} Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was 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}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Peechee is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Peechee drains into tributaries of the Bow River, which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.
Gallery
Mount Peechee.jpg|Mount Peechee from southwest on Sulphur Mountain
See also
References
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External links
- Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
- Mount Peechee weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Peechee/forecasts/2935 Mountain Forecast]
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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta