Mount Peechee
| Mount Peechee | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,935 m (9,629 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 160 m (520 ft)[2] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51°12′35″N115°22′38″W/ 51.20972°N 115.37722°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Peechee  Mount Peechee | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Protected area | Banff National Park |
| Parent range | Fairholme Range |
| Topo map | NTS82O3Canmore[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1929[1] |
| Easiest route | rock climb |
Mount Peecheeis the third highestpeakof theFairholme RangeinBanff National Park.Mt. Peechee is located immediately southeast ofMount Girouardin theBow Rivervalley south ofLake Minnewanka.
The mountain was named in 1884 byGeorge Dawsonafter Indigenous guide Alexis Piché, who escortedGeorge Simpsonthrough the front ranges of theCanadian Rockies.[1]
Geology
[edit]Like other mountains in Banff National Park, Mount Peechee is composed ofsedimentary rocklaid down during thePrecambriantoJurassicperiods.[4]Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during theLaramide orogeny.[5]
Climate
[edit]Based on theKöppen climate classification,Mount Peechee is located in asubarctic climatezone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6]Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitationrunofffrom Mount Peechee drains into tributaries of theBow River,which is a tributary of theSaskatchewan River.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^abc"Mt. Peechee".cdnrockiesdatabases.ca.Retrieved2007-08-31.
- ^"Mount Peechee".Bivouac.com.Retrieved2009-01-02.
- ^ab"Mount Peechee".Geographical Names Data Base.Natural Resources Canada.Retrieved2019-08-02.
- ^Belyea, Helen R. (1960).The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park(PDF).parkscanadahistory.com(Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2015-10-02.Retrieved2019-09-13.
- ^Gadd, Ben (2008),Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
- ^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.ISSN1027-5606.
External links
[edit]- Parks Canada web site:Banff National Park
- Mount Peechee weather:Mountain Forecast