Uto Peak | |
Elevation M: | 2927 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 381 |
Parent Peak: | Mount Sir Donald |
Range: | Selkirk Mountains |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
District: | Kootenay Land District |
Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 51.2725°N -117.4406°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
First Ascent: | 1890 by Emil Huber and Karl Sulzer |
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.[1]
The mountain is named for the Uto section of the Swiss Alpine Club,[3] 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.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] 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.