Box Elder Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,101 ft (3,384 m) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 1,641 ft (500 m) [1] |
Parent peak | White Baldy [1] |
Isolation | 3.06 mi (4.92 km) [1] |
Coordinates | 40°29′23″N111°41′47″W / 40.4897660°N 111.6963678°W [3] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Box elder |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Utah |
Protected area | Lone Peak Wilderness [4] |
Parent range | Wasatch Range Rocky Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Timpanogos Cave |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pennsylvanian [2] |
Type of rock | Limestone, Oquirrh Formation [2] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | class 1+ hiking [1] |
Box Elder Peak is an 11,101-foot-elevation (3,384-meter) mountain summit located in Utah County, Utah, United States.
Box Elder Peak is located 21 miles (34 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City in the Lone Peak Wilderness, on land managed by Wasatch–Cache National Forest. [4] The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is composed of limestone, quartzite, and shale. [2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains to American Fork River, whereas the west slope drains to Dry Creek, and both flow to Utah Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,900 feet (1,494 meters) above American Fork Canyon in 2.5 miles (4 km). An ascent of the summit involves hiking nine miles with 5,400 feet of elevation gain from Dry Creek Canyon. [5] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [3] There is another Box Elder Peak in the northern Wasatch Range in Box Elder County, Utah.
The Wasatch Range or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. The northern extension of the Wasatch Range, the Bear River Mountains, extends just into Idaho, constituting all of the Wasatch Range in that state.
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