Mount Millicent Explained

Mount Millicent
Elevation Ft:10452
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:192
Isolation Mi:0.46
Parent Peak:Mount Wolverine
Map:Utah#USA
Label Position:left
Map Size:240
Part Type:Protected area
Country:United States
State:Utah
Region:Salt Lake
Region Type:County
Coordinates:40.5905°N -111.5975°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Range:Wasatch Range[3]
Rocky Mountains
Topo:USGS Brighton
Age:33 Ma
Rock:Granodiorite[4] (Igneous rock)[5]
Easiest Route: scrambling

Mount Millicent is a 10452feet summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Millicent is located 20miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.[3] 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 1700abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Brighton in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock.[5] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2] The mountain was listed and depicted as one of the principal peaks of the Rockies in a book published in 1916.[6]

Climate

Mount 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Millicent, Mount - 10,452' UT. listsofjohn.com. 2024-06-08.
  2. 1443494. Mount Millicent. 2024-06-08.
  3. 28861. Mount Millicent, Utah. 2024-06-08.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=_y1BUlt3W2AC&pg=RA5-PA94&dq=mt.+millicent+10452&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjO34migcuGAxU4ITQIHSlKA_wQuwV6BAgIEAY#v=onepage&q=mt.%20millicent%2010452&f=false The Salt Lake Region
  5. Miriam H. Bugden, Geology and Scenery of the Central Wasatch Range, Salt Lake and Summit Counties, Utah, Utah Geological Survey, 1991,, p. 12
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=NOhYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Mt.+Millicent+utah&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT86u-88qGAxVBMzQIHSmHBwYQuwV6BAgJEAc#v=onepage&q=Mt.%20Millicent%20utah&f=false Edwin Legrand Sabin, The Peaks of the Rockies
  7. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1027-5606.