Mount Wolverine

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Mount Wolverine
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North aspect, summit on the left
Highest point
Elevation 10,795 ft (3,290 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 575 ft (175 m) [3]
Parent peak Sugarloaf Mountain [3]
Isolation 1.76 mi (2.83 km) [3]
Coordinates 40°35′07″N111°36′12″W / 40.5853859°N 111.6034137°W / 40.5853859; -111.6034137 [4]
Naming
Etymology Wolverine
Geography
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Mount Wolverine
Location in Utah
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Mount Wolverine
Mount Wolverine (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Utah
County Salt Lake
Parent range Wasatch Range [5]
Rocky Mountains
Topo map USGS Brighton
Geology
Rock age 33 Ma
Rock type Granodiorite [6] (Igneous rock) [1]
Climbing
Easiest route class 2+ scrambling [3]

Mount Wolverine is a 10,795-foot-elevation (3,290-meter) summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

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Description

Mount Wolverine is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City between the Alta Ski Area and the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest. [5] The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek, whereas the south slope drains into headwaters of Little Cottonwood Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,800 feet (549 meters) above Little Cottonwood Canyon in approximately one mile (1.6 km). Mount Wolverine is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock. [7] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [4]

Climate

Mount Wolverine has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. [8] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

References

  1. 1 2 William T. Parry, Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus, 2016, FriesenPress, ISBN   9781460284131.
  2. ↑ Jared Hargrave, Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Utah, Mountaineers Books, 2015, ISBN   9781594858321
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Wolverine, Mount - 10,795' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Wolverine". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Mount Wolverine, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ The Salt Lake Region, J. Cecil Alter, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932, p. 94.
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
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