Mount Marsell
{{Short description|Mountain in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Marsell
| photo = Mirror Lake, Mount Marsell.jpg
| photo_caption = Southeast aspect
| elevation_ft = 11340.
| prominence_ft = 988
| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/18122|title=Marsell, Mount - 11,339' UT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-06-09}}
| isolation_mi = 1.71
| isolation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=33109|name=Mount Marsell, Utah|access-date=2024-06-09}}
| parent_peak = Hayden Peak (12,484 ft)
| etymology = Ray Everett Marsell
| map = Utah#USA
| map_caption = Location in Utah
| label_position = bottom
| map_size = 240
|part_type = Protected area | part =
| country = United States of America
| state = Utah
| region = Summit
| region_type = County
| coordinates = {{coord|40.7310520|N|110.9079383|W|type:mountain_region:US-UT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1454814|name=Mount Marsell|access-date=2024-06-09}}
| range = Uinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
| rock =
| age =
| topo = USGS Mirror Lake
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} hiking
}}
Mount Marsell is an {{convert|11340.|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Summit County, Utah, United States.
Description
Mount Marsell is located {{convert|50.|mi|km}} east of Salt Lake City in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. 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 {{convert|1960.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} 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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ostfmik49hEC&dq=Marsell+11%2C340&pg=RA11-PA22 United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States], Decision List No. 7404, 1975, p. 22.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Marsell is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }} Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.
See also
References
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External links
- Mount Marsell: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5777961/United%20States/Utah/Summit/Mount%20Marsell weather forecast]
- Dr. Ray Marsell in memoriam: [https://rock.geosociety.org/net/documents/gsa/memorials/v03/Marsell-RE.pdf Geological Society of America]
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{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Mount Marsell
| North =
| Northeast = Mirror Lake Highway
| East = Hayden Pass
| Southeast = Mirror Lake
| South = Reids Peak
| Southwest = Notch Mountain
| West = Weber River
| Northwest = Cuberant Lake
}}
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Category:Features of the Uinta Mountains
Category:Mountains of Summit County, Utah