Orion Peak is a mountain summit located in the Bulkley Ranges of the Interior Mountains in northern British Columbia, Canada.

Location

The peak is situated within Seven Sisters Provincial Park and Protected Area, southeast of Cedarvale, and north of the Seven Sisters Peaks massif and Seven Sisters Glacier.

Orion Peak

Geography

Precipitation runoff from the mountain and meltwater from the glacier drains into tributaries of the Skeena River.

Orion Peak

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Orion Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Orion Peak

Name

The mountain's name was officially adopted August 25, 1977, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada, as identified in Dick Culbert's 1964 Climbers Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia.

See also

Geography of British Columbia

References

External links

Weather forecast: Orion Peak

BC Parks: Seven Sisters Provincial Park

Flickr photo: Weeskinisht Peak (left), with Orion

Two-thousanders of British Columbia

Hazelton Mountains

Range 5 Coast Land District