{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Chak Peak | image = Chak Peak.jpg | image_caption = Chak Peak seen from Cavell Meadows Trail | elevation_m = 2775 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=5566|name=Chak Peak|accessdate=2019-03-30}}</ref> | prominence_m = 235 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Franchère Peak 2805&nbsp;m<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | location = Jasper National Park<br />Alberta, Canada | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | map_size = 270 | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|52|42|43|N|118|07|38|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IALPD|name=Chak Peak|accessdate=2021-01-03}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|9}}<ref name=cgndb/> | first_ascent = 1915 Topographical Survey<ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route = }}

'''Chak Peak''' is a {{Convert|2775|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.<ref name=cgndb/> Chak is a name derived from the Stoney language meaning "eagle".<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=36|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=32}}</ref> Precipitation runoff from Chak Peak drains into Portal Creek and Astoria River which are both tributaries of the Athabasca River. __NOTOC__ ==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Chak Peak is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below -20&nbsp;°C with wind chill factors below -30&nbsp;°C.

==Geology== The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==See also== *Geography of Alberta

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park Category:Alberta's Rockies

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