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The Cathedral (Summit County, Utah)

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Mountain in the American state of Utah
The Cathedral
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation12,224 ft (3,726 m)
Prominence464 ft (141 m)
Isolation0.69 mi (1.11 km)
Coordinates40°46′32″N 110°42′37″W / 40.7756104°N 110.7103286°W / 40.7756104; -110.7103286
Geography
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LocationHigh Uintas Wilderness
CountryUnited States of America
StateUtah
CountySummit
Parent rangeUinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Red Knob
Geology
Rock ageNeoproterozoic
Rock typeMetasedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2+ scrambling

The Cathedral is a 12,224-foot elevation (3,726 m) mountain summit located in Summit County, Utah, United States.

Description

The Cathedral is set within the High Uintas Wilderness on land managed by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is situated in the Uinta Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and it ranks as the 87th-highest summit in Utah. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) in one mile. Neighbors include Ostler Peak 3.7 miles to the southwest, Mount Beulah two miles northeast, Yard Peak 1.6 mile to the south, and Dead Horse Peak is 2.4 miles to the south-southeast. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains north to the East Fork Bear River. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

The Cathedral from Allsop Lake

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, The Cathedral is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers. Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.

See also

References

  1. United States Geological Survey topographical map - Red Knob
  2. ^ "The Cathedral, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ^ "Cathedral, The - 12,224' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  4. "The Cathedral". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.

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