Mount Baldy (Salt Lake County, Utah)

Mount Baldy
Mount Baldy
	East-northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	11,068 ft (3,374 m)
Prominence	368 ft (112 m)
Parent peak	Twin Peaks
Isolation	1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Coordinates	40°34′05″N111°38′17″W / 40.5679673°N 111.6380315°W
Geography
	Mount Baldy Location in Utah Mount Baldy Mount Baldy (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Salt Lake / Utah
Parent range	Wasatch Range ; Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Dromedary Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	class 1 hiking

Last updated December 08, 2024

Mount Baldy is an 11,068-foot-elevation (3,374-meter) summit on the boundary that Salt Lake County shares with Utah County, in Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Baldy is located 19 miles (31 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Alta Ski Area in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.^[3] The peak is part of the Wasatch Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains to Little Cottonwood Creek, whereas the south slope drains into headwaters of the American Fork River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 3,000 feet (914 meters) above Little Cottonwood Canyon in 1.5 mile (2.4 km). This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[2]

Climate

Mount Baldy has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[4] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

Gallery

East aspect of Mount Baldy viewed from Sugarloaf Mountain
Southwest aspect of Mount Baldy viewed from Hidden Peak
North aspect
Southwest aspect
Northeast aspect of Mount Baldy, with Twin Peaks behind
Mount Baldy
Sugarloaf Mountain (center), Twin Peaks behind left, Mount Baldy to right, viewed from Clayton Peak.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Baldy, Mount - 11,068' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
1 2 "Mount Baldy". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-06-04.
1 2 "Mount Baldy, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
↑ 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.

External links

Mount Baldy: weather forecast

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[loj-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Baldy, Mount - 11,068' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[gnis-2] 1 2 "Mount Baldy". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[peakbagger-3] 1 2 "Mount Baldy, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[Peel-4] 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.

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