{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Sundance Peak | image = Sundance Peak.jpg | image_caption = Northeast aspect, centred on skyline | elevation_m = 2902 | elevation_ref =<ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/sundance-peak.html|title=Sundance Peak|website=peakvisor.com|access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref><ref name="crdb"/> | prominence_m = 388 | prominence_ref =<ref name=peakvisor/> | isolation_km = 7.72 | isolation_ref =<ref name=peakvisor/> | range = Sundance Range<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|180507|Sundance Peak, Alberta|access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref><br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Beersheba Peak (3,054 m)<ref name=peakvisor/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Sundance Peak | coordinates = {{coord|51.084139|N|115.610241|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name=peakvisor/> | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|4}} | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | type = Fault block | first_ascent = 1951 | easiest_route = }}
'''Sundance Peak''' is a {{Convert|2902|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit in Alberta, Canada.
==Geography== Sundance Peak is located within Banff National Park, 10 kilometres east of the Continental Divide, 10 kilometres south-southwest of the town of Banff, and is visible from Highway 1.<ref name="crdb"/> It is situated in the northern end of the Sundance Range which is a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the nearby Bow River via Brewster Creek, Sundance Creek, and Spray River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{cvt|1260.|m}} above Brewster Creek Valley in {{cvt|2|km}}. The nearest higher neighbor is Fatigue Mountain, {{cvt|8.55|km|}} to the southwest.<ref name="pb"/> The first ascent of the summit was made in 1951 by M. Allen, R.C. Hind, and J.F. Tarrant.<ref name="crdb">{{cite crdb|id=1344|name=Sundance Peak|access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref> The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
==Geology== Sundance Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Sundance Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{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}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below -10 °C with wind chill factors below -20 °C.
==See also== * Geography of Alberta * Geology of Alberta
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Sundance Peak: [https://peakvisor.com/peak/sundance-peak.html weather forecast] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Sundance Peak | North = Bow River | Northeast = Sundance Creek | East = Spray River | Southeast = Spray River | South = Sundance Range | Southwest = Brewster Creek | West = Mount Howard Douglas | Northwest = Bow Valley Parkway }} {{Portal bar|Mountains|Geography|Geology}}
Category:Sundance Range Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta