Isaac Peak
{{For|Mount Isaac, in Antartica|Cruzen Range}}
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Utah}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Isaac Peak
| photo = Zion NP Isaac Peak nw PICT0085 19941031.jpg
| photo_caption = South face, Isaac Peak
| photo_size = 250
| elevation_ft = 6726
| elevation_ref = {{GNIS|1435748|Isaac Peak}}
| prominence_ft = 840
| prominence_ref = {{cite web|url = https://peakvisor.com/peak/isaac-peak-united-states.html|title = Isaac Peak|publisher = PeakVisor|accessdate = 12 Apr 2021}}
| isolation_mi = 0.59
| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/21456|title=Isaak Peak UT|website=ListsOfJohn|accessdate=2021-04-12}}
| parent_peak =
| map = Utah#USA
| map_caption =
| map_size = 250
| label_position = none
| listing =
| location = Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
| range =
| coordinates = {{coord|37|14|41.5|N|112|58|22.9|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo = USGS Springdale East
| type = Monolith
| age = Jurassic
| rock = Navajo Sandstone
| last_eruption =
| first_ascent = Jeff Lowe, Wick Beavers, John Weiland, and Mike Weiss (1972, Freeloader);
John Middendorf, Brad Quinn, and Bill Hatcher (1992: Trick of the Trade){{cite web |url= https://www.bigwalls.net/climb/Ziongen.html|title= Zion General Info|last=Middendorf|first=John|date= |website=BigWalls.net|publisher= |access-date= 12 Apr 2021|quote=}}
| easiest_route = Tricks of the Trade
}}
Isaac Peak is a {{convert|6726|ft|m|adj=on}} rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Access to Isaac Peak is from the main Park road through Sand Beach Trail.{{cite book |last= Fodor's|author-link= |date=2009 |title=Zion and Bryce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fujWCxSgkNoC |location= |publisher= Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff, Fodor'|page= 34|isbn=}}
Isaac Peak is part of the Three Patriarchs in between Abraham Peak and Jacob Peak. Between Isaac Peak and Abraham Peak is Isaac Canyon, accessed by climbing up the South Fork of Heaps Canyon.{{cite web |url= https://www.canyoneeringusa.com/zion/technical/isaac|title= Isaac Canyon|date= |website=CanyoneeringUSA|publisher= |access-date= 12 Apr 2021|quote=}}
Name
Zion National Park was first named Mukuntuweapo National Monument by Geologist John Wesley Powell. Explorer Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a companion to Powell's, illustrated and wrote about the park in Scribner's Magazine, giving publicity to the region. Shortly afterward, Methodist minister Frederick Vining Fisher explored the park along with two Latter-Day Saints youth and among them named many of the peaks in the park. Along with its neighbor peaks, names were chosen from biblical patriarchs.{{cite book |last= Kay|first= Ron|author-link= |date=2008 |title=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 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tR5OAQAAIAAJ |location= |publisher= Countryman|page= 90-92|isbn= 9780881507928}}
The name for Isaac Peak was suggested by Claud Hirschi,{{cite book |last= Kaiser|first=James|author-link= |date=2019 |title=Zion: The Complete Guide: Zion National Park|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTWoDwAAQBAJ|location= |publisher= Color Travel Guide|page= |isbn=9781940754383}}
one of the youth with Fisher and named after Isaac.{{cite web|url= https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2019/09/08/zion-centennial-day-interesting-tales-of-contributors-to-zions-status-as-a-national-park/#.YG9xhhNKhUM|title= Zion Centennial Day: Interesting tales of contributors to Zion's status as a national park|last= Wadsworth|first= Reuben|date= 2019|website= StGeorgeUtah.com|publisher= St George News|access-date= 8 Apr 2021|quote= |archive-date= 12 April 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210412195834/https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2019/09/08/zion-centennial-day-interesting-tales-of-contributors-to-zions-status-as-a-national-park/#.YG9xhhNKhUM|url-status= dead}}
Climbing routes
Isaac Peak has several recognized rock climbing routes. Tricks of the Trade, also known as Tricks of the Tramp (1,800’, V {{YDS|5.10}} C2) located at the base of the main chimney system.{{cite web |url= https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105717898/tricks-of-the-trade|title= Tricks of the Trade|last=Levy|first=Dave|date= 2002|website=Mountain Project |publisher= |access-date= 12 Apr 2021|quote=}}
Sands of Time is located starting on a prominent crack to the left of Tricks of the Trade (VI {{YDS|5.10}} A3). The route climbs the south face of the main buttress although it doesn't complete at the summit. Other routes include Freeloader (V {{YDS|5.12}} D){{cite web |url= http://www.supertopo.com/rock-climbing/Zion-National-Isaac-Freeloader|title= Freeloader, Isaac|last=|first=|date= |website=SuperTopo.com|publisher= |access-date= 12 Apr 2021|quote=}} and Iron Like a Lion in Zion (IV/V {{YDS|5.11}} b/c).{{cite web |url= https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/upload/2021RaptorGuide-Final.pdf|title= Guide to Zion Raptor Closures |last=|first=|date= 2021|website=National Park Service|publisher= |access-date= 12 Apr 2021|quote=}}
Isaac Peak is a location identified as a nesting area for raptors and as a consequence, closed for climbing during nesting seasons.
See also
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.bigwall.com/sands.html Sounds of Time map] Illustration of the Sands of Time route to climb Isaac Peak.
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Category:Rock formations of Utah