Mount Marsell is an 11,340-foot-elevation (3,456-meter) mountain summit in Summit County, Utah, United States.

Mount Marsell
Southeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation11,340 ft (3,456 m)[1][2]
Prominence988 ft (301 m)[3]
Parent peakHayden Peak (12,484 ft)[3]
Isolation1.71 mi (2.75 km)[2]
Coordinates40°43′52″N 110°54′29″W / 40.7310520°N 110.9079383°W / 40.7310520; -110.9079383[4]
Naming
EtymologyRay Everett Marsell
Geography
Mount Marsell is located in Utah
Mount Marsell
Mount Marsell
Location in Utah
Mount Marsell is located in the United States
Mount Marsell
Mount Marsell
Mount Marsell (the United States)
CountryUnited States of America
StateUtah
CountySummit
Parent rangeUinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mirror Lake
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 hiking[3]

Description

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Mount Marsell is located 50 miles (80 km) east of Salt Lake City in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.[2] It is situated in the western Uinta Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into headwaters of the Weber River and east to the Bear River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,960 feet (597 meters) above the Weber River in one mile (1.6 km). Access to the mountain is via the Mirror Lake Highway and hiking. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1974 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Dr. Ray E. Marsell (1893–1971), environmental geologist and professor at the University of Utah.[1]

Climate

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Marsell is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.[5] Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 7404, 1975, p. 22.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Marsell, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  3. ^ a b c "Marsell, Mount - 11,339' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  4. ^ "Mount Marsell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
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