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Sunset Peak (Utah)

Coordinates: 40°34′37″N 111°35′37″W / 40.5769715°N 111.5936059°W / 40.5769715; -111.5936059
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Sunset Peak
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation10,648 ft (3,246 m)[1]
Prominence228 ft (69 m)[1]
Parent peakSugarloaf Mountain[1]
Isolation0.78 mi (1.26 km)[1]
Coordinates40°34′37″N 111°35′37″W / 40.5769715°N 111.5936059°W / 40.5769715; -111.5936059[2]
Geography
Sunset Peak is located in Utah
Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak
Location in Utah
Sunset Peak is located in the United States
Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountySalt Lake / Utah / Wasatch
Parent rangeWasatch Range[3]
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Brighton
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 1 hiking[1]

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

Description

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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]

View from Clayton Peak, with Sunset Peak in front to the left, Sugarloaf Mountain (center), Twin Peaks behind left, Mount Baldy to right.

Climate

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sunset Peak - 10,648' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ a b "Sunset Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ a b "Sunset Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  4. ^ Results of Spirit Leveling in Utah, 1897 to 1914, Robert Bradford Marshall, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915, p. 72.
  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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