Kletting Peak

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Kletting Peak
Highest point
Elevation12,060 feet (3,676 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence495 ft (151 m)[1]
ListingUtah 12,000-foot Peaks[2]
Coordinates40°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
LocationSummit County, Utahm U.S.
Parent rangeUinta Range
Topo mapUSGS Christmas Meadows
Climbing
Easiest routeScaramble (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. ^ a b c "Kletting Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  2. ^ a b "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 (ed.), 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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