Cirque Peak (Alberta)

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Cirque Peak
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Cirque Peak from Helen Lake, July 1994
Highest point
Elevation 2,993 m (9,820 ft) [1]
Prominence 341 m (1,119 ft) [2]
Parent peak Observation Peak [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 51°42′00″N116°25′04″W / 51.70000°N 116.41778°W / 51.70000; -116.41778 [3]
Geography
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Cirque Peak
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82N9 Hector Lake [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1899 [2] [4]
Easiest route Easy Scramble [5]

Cirque Peak is a 2,993-metre (9,820-foot) peak located directly west of Dolomite Pass in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

Contents

The mountain forms a cirque, hence the name. [6]

Scrambling route

The scrambling route (rated easy) begins just beyond Helen Lake which is 6 km from the Helen Lake/Dolomite Pass trail head beside the Icefields Parkway. [5]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Cirque Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [8]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Cirque Peak is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [9] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

References

  1. ↑ Bow Lake and Saskatchewan Crossing (Map). 1:70,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 2000. ISBN   1-895526-10-8. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cirque Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  3. 1 2 "Cirque Peak". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  4. ↑ "Cirque Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  5. 1 2 Kane, Alan (1999). "Cirque Peak". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies . Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 222–223. ISBN   0-921102-67-4.
  6. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 34. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  7. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  8. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  9. ↑ 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 . ISSN   1027-5606.
Cirque Peak and Helen Lake (bottom left) Cirque Peak and Helen Lake.jpg
Cirque Peak and Helen Lake (bottom left)
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