Narao Peak

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Narao Peak

| photo = Narao Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Northwest aspect, from Wapta Lake.
(Mount Victoria to the right.)

| elevation_m = 2974

| elevation_ref =Alan Kane (2016), Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781771600972}}, p. 356Glen W. Boles, William Lowell Putnam, Roger W. Laurilla (2006), Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781894765794}}, p. 180

| prominence_m = 108

| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/narao-peak.html|title=Narao Peak, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2022-12-01}}

| isolation_km = 0.51

| isolation_ref =

| range = Bow Range → Canadian Rockies

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| country = Canada

| region_type = Province

| region = British Columbia

| district = Kootenay Land District

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Yoho National Park

| map = British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Narao Peak

| coordinates = {{coord|51|24|45|N|116|18|56|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JAQCG|name=Narao Peak|access-date=2022-12-01}}

| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|08}}

| rock = Sedimentary rock

| age = Cambrian

| type = Fault block

| first_ascent = 1913

| easiest_route = Scrambling via North ridge

}}

Narao Peak is a {{Convert|2974|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit located in British Columbia, Canada.{{cite bcgnis|id=9071|title=Narao Peak|accessdate=2022-12-01}}

Description

Narao Peak is situated immediately south-southwest of Kicking Horse Pass and within Yoho National Park. It is part of the Bow Range which is a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,240 meters (4,070 ft) above the Narao Lakes in {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The nearest higher neighbor is Popes Peak, {{convert|1.61|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southeast on the Continental Divide. Precipitation runoff from Narao Peak drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River. The peak is visible from Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway), and tourists en route to Lake O'Hara pass below the western base of the mountain.

History

The first ascent of the summit was made in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey which subsequently applied the toponym in 1916 based on the name given to the mountain by Samuel E.S. Allen.Gerry Shea (2011), Mountain Treks in British Columbia, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781926855233}}, p. 187Don Beers (1989), The Wonder of Yoho, Rocky Mountain Books, p. 186 Samuel Evans Stokes Allen was a cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in the late 1800s and named many peaks. Mount Allen was named after him.

The word "narao" translated from the Stoney language means "hit in the stomach",Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, 1916, Royal Society of Canada, p. 523 which may be related to an incident during the 1858 Palliser expedition when a spooked horse kicked James Hector unconscious near here, which also led to the name of Kicking Horse Pass.

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted April 3, 1952, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Geology

Narao Peak 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, Narao Peak 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 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below {{cvt|−20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|−30|C}}.

Gallery

File:VIA 1414 with the Canadian eastbound a half mile west of Stephen on the Laggan Sub approaching the summit of Kicking Horse Pass in May 1982 B02 (31431473763).jpg|Narao Peak in upper left corner

File:VIA 1414 with the Canadian eastbound a half mile west of Stephen on the Laggan Sub approaching the summit of Kicking Horse Pass in May 1982 B04 Kootenay Park (32092884502).jpg|Narao Peak in upper right corner

References

External links

Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/yoho Yoho National Park]
Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6085989/Canada/British%20Columbia/Narao%20Peak Narao Peak]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Narao Peak

| North = Kicking Horse Pass

| Northeast = Mount Niblock

| East = Mount Whyte

| Southeast = Popes Peak

| South = Mount Victoria

| Southwest = Odaray Mountain

| West = Cathedral Mountain

| Northwest = Wapta Lake

}}

Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia