Sunset Peak (Utah)

Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak
	North aspect
Highest point
Elevation	10,648 ft (3,246 m)
Prominence	228 ft (69 m)
Parent peak	Sugarloaf Mountain
Isolation	0.78 mi (1.26 km)
Coordinates	40°34′37″N111°35′37″W / 40.5769715°N 111.5936059°W
Geography
	Sunset Peak Location in Utah Sunset Peak Sunset Peak (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Salt Lake / Utah / Wasatch
Parent range	Wasatch Range ; Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Brighton
Climbing
Easiest route	class 1 hiking

Last updated January 06, 2025

Sunset Peak is a 10,648-foot-elevation (3,246-meter) summit in Utah, United States.

Description

Sunset Peak is located 20.5 miles (33.0 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and two miles (3.2 km) south of Brighton in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.^[3] It is set on, and in part forms, the boundary point that is shared by Salt Lake County, Utah County, and Wasatch County. The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek, whereas the east slope drains into headwaters of Snake Creek, and the south slope drains to American Fork Canyon. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,250 feet (686 meters) above Snake Creek in one mile (1.6 km). This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,^[2] and has been recorded in publications since at least 1915.^[4]

Climate

Sunset Peak has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Sunset Peak - 10,648' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
1 2 "Sunset Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 8, 2024.
1 2 "Sunset Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
↑ Results of Spirit Leveling in Utah, 1897 to 1914, Robert Bradford Marshall, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915, p. 72.
↑ 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

Sunset Peak: weather forecast

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[loj-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Sunset Peak - 10,648' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[gnis-2] 1 2 "Sunset Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[peakbagger-3] 1 2 "Sunset Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[4] Results of Spirit Leveling in Utah, 1897 to 1914, Robert Bradford Marshall, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915, p. 72.

[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. ISSN 1027-5606.

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