Abraham Peak is a 2,000-foot (610 m) tall rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Access to Abraham Peak is from the main Park road through Sand Beach Trail.[4] Abraham Peak is the tallest of the three peaks that make the Three Patriarchs. Across from Abraham Peak is prominent The Sentinel (7,120+ ft (2,170+ m), class 5).
| Abraham Peak | |
|---|---|
.jpg) South face, Abraham Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,015 ft (2,138 m)  |
| Prominence | 778 ft (237 m)[1] |
| Isolation | 0.5 mi (0.80 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 37°14′42.6″N 112°58′53.2″W / 37.245167°N 112.981444°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Abraham Peak (the United States) | |
| Location | Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah |
| Topo map | USGS Springdale East |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Jurassic |
| Mountain type | Monolith |
| Rock type | Navajo Sandstone |
Name
editGeologist John Wesley Powell named the park Mukuntuweap National Monument, which is now the moniker to the left climbing route of the peak's south face. The name was later changed to Zion in 1918. Explorer Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a companion to Powell's, illustrated and wrote about the park in Scribner's Magazine, giving publicity to the region.
Methodist minister Frederick Vining Fisher explored the park along with two Latter-Day Saints youth in 1916 and among them named many of the peaks in the park. Along with its neighbor peaks, names were chosen from biblical patriarchs.[5] The name of the tallest peak was suggested by Claud Hirschi, one of the youth with Fisher and named after Abraham.[6]
Climbing routes
editThe south face of Abraham Peak has two rock climbing routes: the Pangea (1,800’, VI class 5.10 A4)[7] on the right side of the face and Munkuntuweap (2,000’, VI class 5.8 A4) on the left. Other routes are variations or neighboring approaches of the Pangea route.[8]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Abraham Peak". PeakVisor. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.
- ^ "Abraham - 7,000' UT". ListsOfJohn. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abraham Peak
- ^ Fodor's (2009). Zion and Bryce. Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff, Fodor'. p. 34.
- ^ Kay, Ron (2008). Ron Kay's Guide to Zion National Park: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Zion National Park But Didn't Know who to Ask. Countryman. pp. 90–92. ISBN 9780881507928.
- ^ Wadsworth, Reuben (2019). "Zion Centennial Day: Interesting tales of contributors to Zion's status as a national park". StGeorgeUtah.com. St George News. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.
- ^ Adams, Brandon (2018). "Pangea". Mountain Project. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.
- ^ Steffan Gregory, Ethan Newman (2019). "ZION WALL ROUTES, FREE ASCENTS, AND VIRGIN PEAKS". The American Alpine Club. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.
External links
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Media related to Abraham Peak at Wikimedia Commons