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Mountain in Utah, United States
Mount Millicent
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation10,452 ft (3,186 m)
Prominence192 ft (59 m)
Parent peakMount Wolverine
Isolation0.46 mi (0.74 km)
Coordinates40°35′26″N 111°35′51″W / 40.5904837°N 111.5975384°W / 40.5904837; -111.5975384
Geography
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CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountySalt Lake
Parent rangeWasatch Range
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Brighton
Geology
Rock age33 Ma
Rock typeGranodiorite (Igneous rock)
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2+ scrambling

Mount Millicent is a 10,452-foot-elevation (3,186-meter) summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Millicent is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest. The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,700 feet (518 meters) above Brighton in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The mountain was listed and depicted as one of the principal peaks of the Rockies in a book published in 1916.

Climate

Mount Millicent has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

References

  1. ^ "Millicent, Mount - 10,452' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ Miriam H. Bugden, Geology and Scenery of the Central Wasatch Range, Salt Lake and Summit Counties, Utah, Utah Geological Survey, 1991, ISBN 9781557913425, p. 12
  3. ^ "Mount Millicent". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  4. ^ "Mount Millicent, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  5. The Salt Lake Region, J. Cecil Alter, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932, p. 94.
  6. Edwin Legrand Sabin, The Peaks of the Rockies, Carson-Harper, 1916, pages 31, 35.
  7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

Gallery

  • Northeast aspect with Silver Lake Northeast aspect with Silver Lake
  • Southwest aspect Southwest aspect
  • East aspect from Lake Mary East aspect from Lake Mary
  • South aspect of Mount Millicent rises above Lake Catherine, Lake Martha and Lake Mary as viewed from Sunset Peak South aspect of Mount Millicent rises above Lake Catherine, Lake Martha and Lake Mary as viewed from Sunset Peak

External links

Places adjacent to Mount Millicent
Honeycomb Cliffs Twin Lakes Brighton Ski Resort
Alta Ski Area Mount Millicent Clayton Peak
Mount Wolverine Mount Tuscarora
Sunset Peak		 Pioneer Peak
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