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The Wasatch Range (/ ˈ w ɑː s æ tʃ / WAH-satch) 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. [1] It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. [2]
Wasatch Mountain State Park Visitors Center, April 2016. Established in 1961, Wasatch Mountain State Park is Utah's most developed state park. Named for the Wasatch Mountains, [Note 1] the park consists of 21,592 acres (8,738 ha), and sits at an elevation of 5,900 feet (1,800 m). [5] Wildlife in the park includes deer, elk, wild turkeys, and moose.
Grandeur Peak is located eight miles (13 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City on land managed by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Foreste. [1] The peak is part of the Wasatch Range, which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains to Parleys Creek, whereas the south slope drains to Mill Creek.
Another analysis found that Utah's temperature increase from 1970 to 2019 was the fifth highest in the nation, leading to an increasing intensity of wildfires. [2] A changing climate was also reported as leading to increased flooding in Utah during winter months, followed by hot and dry summers, a cycle potentially harmful for agriculture.
Mount Timpanogos, often referred to as Timp, is the second-highest mountain in Utah's Wasatch Range. Timpanogos rises to an elevation of 11,752 ft (3,582 m) above sea level in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. With 5,270 ft (1,610 m) of topographic prominence, Timpanogos is the 47th-most prominent mountain in the contiguous United States.
A minimal temperature difference of 29 °F (16 °C) [citation needed] between the surface and the 700 mbar (70 kPa) height is needed, but not necessarily sufficient in itself to cause lake-effect snow. An inversion or stable layer below 700 mbar (70 kPa) has never yielded lake-effect snow.
The Lone Peak Wilderness is a 30,088-acre (121.76 km 2) wilderness area located within the Uinta and the Wasatch-Cache National Forests in the U.S. state of Utah.. The Lone Peak Wilderness was established in 1978 as part of the Endangered American Wilderness Act and was the only designated wilderness area in Utah until the enactment of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984.
The Pfeifferhorn is the 11,326 feet (3,452 m) triangularly-shaped peak located in the most isolated part of the Lone Peak Wilderness Area of the Wasatch Mountains in northern Utah, United States. This rugged Utah mountain, commonly referred to as the Little Matterhorn, is the eighth-highest peak in the Wasatch Range. The summit can be reached ...