Mount Millicent
Elevation10452 ft
Prominence192 ft
Isolation0.46 mi
Parent peakMount Wolverine[1]
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
RegionSalt Lake
CountySalt Lake
Coordinates40.5904837°N 111.5975384°W
RangeWasatch Range[2]
Rocky Mountains
TopoUSGS Brighton
Age33 Ma
RockGranodiorite[3] (Igneous rock)[4]
Easiest routescrambling[1]

Mount Millicent is a 10,452-foot (3,186-meter) summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Millicent is located 20. miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.[2] The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1700. feet (518 meters) above Brighton in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock.[4] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[5] The mountain was listed and depicted as one of the principal peaks of the Rockies in a book published in 1916.[6]

Climate

Mount Millicent has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[7] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

References

  1. ^ "Millicent, Mount - 10,452' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ The Salt Lake Region, J. Cecil Alter, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932, p. 94.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 1443494. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  6. ^ Edwin Legrand Sabin, The Peaks of the Rockies, Carson-Harper, 1916, pages 31, 35.
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