The Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut, also known as the Peyto Hut, is an

alpine hut A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization d ...

located on the northern tip of the

Wapta Icefield The Wapta Icefield is located on the Continental Divide in the Waputik Mountains of the Canadian Rockies, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers exten ...

Banff National Park Banff National Park is Canada's oldest National Parks of Canada, national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rockies, Alberta's Rocky Mountains, west of Calgary, Banff encompasses of mountainous terrain, wi ...

. It is nicknamed the Peyto hut due to its proximity on the

Peyto Glacier __NOTOC__ The Peyto Glacier is situated in the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately northwest of the town of Banff, and can be accessed from the Icefields Parkway. Geography Peyto Glacier is an outflow glac ...

. The hut is maintained by the

Alpine Club of Canada The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is an amateur athletic association with its national office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, ...

. The hut sleeps 18 in the summer and 16 in the winter. It is equipped with propane powered lamps and stovetop. There is a single outdoor drum toilet at this facility. Hut access requires approximately 6 to 8 hours of travel {{cite web , url=http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/info/PeytoHut.pdf , title=Archived copy , accessdate=2011-08-04 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130634/http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/info/PeytoHut.pdf , archivedate=2011-09-28 Petyo Hut Information including at least an hour of glacier travel to get to from

Peyto Lake Peyto Lake ( ) is a glacier-fed lake in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The lake itself is near the Icefields Parkway. It was named for Bill Peyto, an early trail guide and trapper in the Banff area. The lake is formed in a valley of ...

, or 6 to 8 hours of glacier travel from the Bow Hut.

Nearby

* Bow Hut *

R.J. Ritchie Hut The R.J. Ritchie Hut (Balfour Hut) is an alpine hut located at an altitude of between the southern tip of the Wapta Icefield and the northern tip of the Waputik Icefield in Banff National Park. The hut is at the half-way mark for the Wapta trave ...

, ( Balfour Hut)

References

Mountain huts in Canada Buildings and structures in Banff National Park