Chief Cheley Peak | |
Elevation Ft: | 12815 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 384 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Isolation Mi: | 0.43 |
Range: | Front Range |
Location: | Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand and Larimer counties, Colorado, United States |
Map: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 40.3672°N -105.7742°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Grand Lake, Colorado |
Chief Cheley Peak is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12815feet peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 21.1km (13.1miles) west (bearing 267°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties.[3] [1] [2] [4]
Chief Cheley Peak was named for Frank Cheley, an outdoor educator.[5]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[6] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.