Uto Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Uto Peak
| photo = Mount Sir Donald, Uto Peak, Avalanche Mountain from Purcells Lodge area.jpg
| photo_caption = Uto Peak centered between Mount Sir Donald (left), and Avalanche Mountain (right)
| elevation_m = 2927
| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=2376|name=Uto Peak|accessdate=2009-01-03}}
| prominence_m = 381
| parent_peak = Mount Sir Donald
| range = Selkirk Mountains
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia
| district = Kootenay Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|51|16|20|N|117|26|25|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=25141|title=Uto Peak|access-date=2015-01-10}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|6}}{{cite cgndb|id=JBSTK|name=Uto Peak|access-date=2024-10-27}}
| first_ascent = 1890 by Emil Huber and Karl Sulzer
| easiest_route =
}}
Uto Peak is a mountain immediately north of Mount Sir Donald in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It was first climbed in 1890 by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer.
The mountain is named for the Uto section of the Swiss Alpine Club,{{cite web|url=http://www.sac-uto.ch/ |title=Uto Section website |access-date=2009-01-03}} which counted Huber and Sulzer amongst its members. The Uto section is in turn named after a historic name for the Uetliberg mountain that overlooks the city of Zürich in Switzerland.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{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 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into the Illecillewaet River, or east into the Beaver River.
Gallery
Uto Peak and Mount Sir Donald.jpg|Uto Peak (left) and Mount Sir Donald
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.summitpost.org/uto-peak/541004 Uto Peak at summitpost.org]
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Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia