Kletting Peak

Kletting Peak
Kletting
Peak

Summit County, Utahm U.S.

Highest point
Elevation 12,060 feet (3,676 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 495 ft (151 m) [1]
Listing Utah 12,000-foot Peaks[2]
Coordinates 40°45′47″N 110°51′23″W / 40.7630024°N 110.8562829°W / 40.7630024; -110.8562829Coordinates: 40°45′47″N 110°51′23″W / 40.7630024°N 110.8562829°W / 40.7630024; -110.8562829 [3]
Geography
Location Summit County, Utahm U.S.
Parent range Uinta Range
Topo map USGS Christmas Meadows
Climbing
Easiest route Scaramble (class 2 or better)

Kletting Peak is a mountain in Summit County, Utah, named in 1964 for Utah architect Richard K.A. Kletting (1858-1943).[4] It is in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.[1]

The summit is at 12,060 feet (3,676 m), has 495 feet (151 m) of clean prominence, and is relatively easy overland scramble (class 2 or better).[5] It ranks 101st on a list of Utah mountains having more than 200 feet of prominence.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kletting Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  2. 1 2 "Utah 12,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Kletting Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  4. ↑ Gold, Troy W. (1994), "Kletting, Richard Karl August", in Powell, Allan Kent, Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256
  5. ↑ "Kletting Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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