High In Utah
It has been a good winter (so far) in Utah, with regular storms that have snow pack totals above 100% throughout the state. As a result of monitoring the snow pack, I currently have mountains on my mind. Specifically, I am thinking a lot aobut a project I started in my early 20’s that involves summiting the 26 high county peaks in Utah (technically there are 29 counties in Utah, but three of the high peaks straddle county lines). To this point I have successfully made it up 19 of said peaks, and I have decided to dedicate blog space to documenting those past climbs, as well as those I intend to get to in the (hopefully) near future. So, for this entry (and my own reference) I am including a simple list of the high county peaks from highest to lowest, along with a tag for those I have made it up as of this writing. Here is to a year full of high elevation!
MOUNTAIN: ELEVATION: COUNTY:
* Kings Peak 13,528’ Duchesne
* Gilbert Peak 13,442’ Summit
Mount Peale 12,721’ San Juan
Mount Waas 12,331’ Grand
Eccentric Peak 12,276’ Daggett/Uinta
* Delano Peak 12,169’ Beaver/Piute
Ibapah Peak 12,087’ Juab
Mount Nebo 11,928’ Utah
Fish Lake High Top 11,633’ Sevier
* Mount Ellen 11,522’ Garfield
* AF Twin Peaks 11,489’ Salt Lake
* Bluebell Knoll 11,328’ Wayne
* Brian Head 11,307’ Iron
* South Tent Mtn 11,285’ Sanpete
* Deseret Peak 11,031’ Tooele
* Mount Cardwell 10,743’ Wasatch
* East Mountain 10,743’ Emery
* Monument Peak 10,452’ Carbon
* Signal Peak 10,365’ Washington
Mine Camp Peak 10,222’ Millard
* Andy Nelson Peak 10,222’ Kane
* Naomi Peak 9,779’ Cache
* Bull Mountain 9,934’ Box Elder
* Willard Peak 9,763’ Weber
* Thurston Peak 9,763’ Davis/Morgan
* Bridger Peak 9,255’ Rich
* = Summited as of February 09, 2019.