Outlier Peak is a mountain summit in
British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Outlier Peak is located southeast of
Whistler in
Garibaldi Provincial Park. It is the sixth-highest point of the
McBride Range
The McBride Range is a small mountain range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located east of Cheakamus Lake at the northeast side of Garibaldi Provincial Park. It has an area of 228 km2 and is a subrange of the Garibaldi Ranges whic ...
which is a subrange of the
Coast Mountains
The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia ...
.
Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from this mountain's west slope drains into headwaters of the
Cheakamus River
The Cheakamus River (pron. CHEEK-a-mus) is a tributary of the Squamish River, beginning on the west slopes of Outlier Peak in Garibaldi Provincial Park upstream from Cheakamus Lake on the southeastern outskirts of the resort area of Whistler. T ...
, whereas the other slopes drain to the
Lillooet River via Billygoat Creek. Outlier Peak is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as
topographic relief is significant with the summit rising over 900 metres (2,952 ft) above the Cheakamus River in and over 1,800 metres (5,905 ft) above Billygoat Creek in . The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on November 28, 1980, by the
Geographical Names Board of Canada
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada ...
as submitted in 1978 by Karl Ricker of the
Alpine Club of Canada.
Climate
Based on the
Köppen climate classification, Outlier Peak is located in the
marine west coast climate zone of western North America.
Most
weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (
orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports small unnamed glaciers on the peak's slopes. The months of July and August offer the most favorable weather for climbing Outlier Peak.
See also
*
Geography of British Columbia
*
Geology of British Columbia
References
External links
* Weather
Outlier Peak
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