Ostler Peak is a mountain

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located in Summit County,

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, United States.

Description

Ostler Peak is set within the High Uintas Wilderness on land managed by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is situated along the crest of the

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which are a subset of the

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, and it ranks as the 37th-highest summit in Utah. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above Amethyst Lake in one-half mile. Neighbors include Spread Eagle Peak 1.4 mile to the southwest, Hayden Peak four miles west, and

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Lamotte Peak two miles north-northeast. Precipitation

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from this mountain drains into the Ostler and Stillwater forks of the Bear River.

Etymology

The landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the

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to remember the late James Rulon "Dick" Ostler (1900–1931), Uinta National Forest ranger in the Grandaddy Lake region of the Uinta Mountains.John W. Van Cott (1990), ''Utah Place Names'', University of Utah Press, , p. 283

Climate

Based on the

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, Ostler Peak is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.

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characterizes the summit and highest slopes.

Gallery

File:Ostler Peak, Christmas Meadows.jpg, Ostler Peak and Spread Eagle Peak seen from Christmas Meadows
Stillwater Fork of the Bear River in foreground File:Ostler Peak xmasmeadows.jpg, Ostler Peak and Spread Eagle Peak seen from Christmas Meadows File:Ostler Peak in autumn.jpg, Ostler Peak in autumn File:Amethyst Lake, view from Ostler Peak - panoramio.jpg, Amethyst Lake viewed from Ostler Peak File:Lamotte, Ostler, Spread Eagle peaks.jpg, Lamotte Peak (left), Ostler Peak (center), Spread Eagle Peak (right). File:Ostler Peak, Utah.jpg, Ostler Peak in autumn File:Ostler Peak aerial.jpg, Northeast aspect of Ostler Peak viewed from airliner.

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