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 | |
| Elevation | 11,340 ft (3,456 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 988 ft (301 m)[3] |
| Parent peak | Hayden Peak (12,484 ft)[3] |
| Isolation | 1.71 mi (2.75 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 40°43′52″N 110°54′29″W / 40.7310520°N 110.9079383°W[4] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Ray Everett Marsell |
| Geography | |
  Mount Marsell Location in Utah  Mount Marsell Mount Marsell (the United States) | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Utah |
| County | Summit |
| Parent range | Uinta Mountains Rocky Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Mirror Lake |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2 hiking[3] |
Description
editMount 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
editBased 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 7404, 1975, p. 22.
- ^ a b c "Mount Marsell, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b c "Marsell, Mount - 11,339' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Mount Marsell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Mount Marsell: weather forecast
- Dr. Ray Marsell in memoriam: Geological Society of America
