Wenkchemna Peak

CountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaDistrictKootenay Land District^[5]Protected areasBanff National Park and Yoho National ParkParent rangeCanadian RockiesTopo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise^[4]GeologyType of rockSedimentary rockClimbingFirst ascent1923 F.C. Bell, A.W. Drinnan, H. Herriot, T.B. Moffat, R. Neil, E. Thompson, R. Williams, Christian Hasler Jr.^[1][3]

Wenkchemna Peak is located on the SE ridge coming off of Mount Hungabee on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1894 by Samuel E. S. Allen for the Stoney Indian word for ten.^[1][3][5]

Wenkchemna is the 10th peak in The Valley of the Ten Peaks, as they are normally numbered (left to right as seen from Moraine Lake). It is an extension into the valley of the ridge formed by Mount Hungabee and Ringrose Peaks.

Wenkchemna Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[6]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Wenkchemna Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

• Brian Patton, Bart Robinson, Walks and Hikes in Banff National Park, P 103
• Tony Daffern, Canadian Rockies, PP 55, 59
• Brian Patton, Bart Robinson, Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, P 101
• Kathy Calvert, Dale Portman, Guardians of the Peaks: Mountain Rescue in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia, P 185
• Dave Birrell, 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, P 83