Mount Marsell

Mount Marsell
Mount Marsell
	Southeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	11,340 ft (3,456 m)
Prominence	988 ft (301 m)
Parent peak	Hayden Peak (12,484 ft)
Isolation	1.71 mi (2.75 km)
Coordinates	40°43′52″N110°54′29″W / 40.7310520°N 110.9079383°W
Naming
Etymology	Ray Everett Marsell
Geography
	Mount Marsell Location in Utah Mount Marsell Mount Marsell (the United States)
Country	United States of America
State	Utah
County	Summit
Parent range	Uinta Mountains ; Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Mirror Lake
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 hiking

Last updated December 08, 2024

Mount Marsell is an 11,340-foot-elevation (3,456-meter) mountain summit in Summit County, Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Marsell is located 50 miles (80 km) east of Salt Lake City in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.^[2] It is situated in the western Uinta Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into headwaters of the Weber River and east to the Bear River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,960 feet (597 meters) above the Weber River in one mile (1.6 km). Access to the mountain is via the Mirror Lake Highway and hiking. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1974 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Dr. Ray E. Marsell (1893–1971), environmental geologist and professor at the University of Utah.^[1]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Marsell is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.^[5] Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.

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References

1 2 United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 7404, 1975, p. 22.
1 2 3 "Mount Marsell, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
1 2 3 "Marsell, Mount - 11,339' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
↑ "Mount Marsell". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-06-09.
↑ 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.

External links

Mount Marsell: weather forecast
Dr. Ray Marsell in memoriam: Geological Society of America

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[Board-1] 1 2 United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 7404, 1975, p. 22.

[peakbagger-2] 1 2 3 "Mount Marsell, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.

[loj-3] 1 2 3 "Marsell, Mount - 11,339' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.

[gnis-4] "Mount Marsell". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-06-09.

[Peel-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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