Mount Millicent is a 10,452-foot-elevation (3,186-meter) summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
| Mount Millicent | |
|---|---|
 North aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,452 ft (3,186 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 192 ft (59 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Wolverine[1] |
| Isolation | 0.46 mi (0.74 km)[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°35′26″N 111°35′51″W / 40.5904837°N 111.5975384°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Millicent Location in Utah  Mount Millicent Mount Millicent (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Salt Lake |
| Parent range | Wasatch Range[4] Rocky Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Brighton |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 33 Ma |
| Type of rock | Granodiorite[5] (Igneous rock)[2] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2+ scrambling[1] |
Description
editMount Millicent is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.[4] 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 1,700 feet (518 meters) above Brighton in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock.[2] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3] The mountain was listed and depicted as one of the principal peaks of the Rockies in a book published in 1916.[6]
Climate
editMount 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
edit- ^ a b c d e "Millicent, Mount - 10,452' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b "Mount Millicent". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ a b "Mount Millicent, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ The Salt Lake Region, J. Cecil Alter, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932, p. 94.
- ^ Edwin Legrand Sabin, The Peaks of the Rockies, Carson-Harper, 1916, pages 31, 35.
- ^ 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.
Gallery
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Northeast aspect with Silver Lake -
Southwest aspect -
East aspect from Lake Mary -
South aspect of Mount Millicent rises above Lake Catherine, Lake Martha and Lake Mary as viewed from Sunset Peak
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External links
edit- Mount Millicent: weather forecast
