Hoyt Peak

Summit in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Hoyt Peak

Location in Wyoming

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Hoyt Peak

Hoyt Peak (the United States)

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LocationYellowstone National Park
Park County, Wyoming, U.S.Parent rangeAbsaroka Range
Rocky MountainsTopo mapUSGS Sylvan LakeClimbingEasiest routeclass 2^[2]

Hoyt Peak is a 10,506 feet (3,202 m) summit located on the shared border of Yellowstone National Park and North Absaroka Wilderness, in Park County, Wyoming.^[3]

It was named for John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912), third Governor of Wyoming Territory.^[4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1895 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[3]

Sylvan Pass forms the low point of the saddle between Hoyt Peak and Top Notch Peak.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hoyt Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[5] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

References

^ ^a ^b "Hoyt Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hoyt Peak - 10,500' WY". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hoyt Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 162.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.