Pilot_Peak_(Wyoming)

Pilot Peak (Wyoming)

Pilot Peak (Wyoming)

Mountain in Wyoming, United States


Pilot Peak, elevation 11,699 feet (3,566 m), is a prominent mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Park County, Wyoming. The peak is visible from US Route 212, the Beartooth Highway just east of the Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park. Index Peak rises just north of Pilot Peak.

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Pilot Peak is composed of crumbly rock and rarely climbed. Its first documented ascent was in 1932 by Robert McKenzie and Hollis Mees.

Pilot Peak's name first appeared on an 1873 map, and was officially adopted in 1937 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[5]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pilot Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River.

Pilot Peak, east aspect

See also


Notes

  1. "Pilot Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. Orrin H. Bonney, Lorraine G. Bonney, 1965, Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas, Sage Books, page 255.
  3. "Pilot Peak - 11,699' WY". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  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. ISSN 1027-5606.

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