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Uto Peak (left) and Mount Sir Donald

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.

Climate

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.

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Uto Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  2. ^ "Uto Peak". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  3. ^ "Uto Section website". Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  4. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

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