About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Granite Peak, Mount Timpanogos, Y Mountain, Farnsworth Peak, Lone Peak, Kaiparowits Plateau, Lake Mountain, Fisher Towers, Notch Peak, Humpy Peak, West Mountain, Navajo Mountain, Webb Hill, Mount Wire, Block U, Castleton Tower, Granite Mountain, Mount Olympus, Ben Lomond Mountain, Mount Peale, Kings Peak, Book Cliffs, Pfeifferhorn, Bald Mountain, Mount Nebo, Coyote Buttes, Twin Peaks, Mount Van Cott, Great White Throne, Mount Ellen, The Titan, Delano Peak, Mount Agassiz, Deseret Peak, Hayden Peak, Boulder Mountain, Thousand Lake Mountain, Francis Peak, Santa Clara Volcano, Abajo Peak, Golden Throne, Logan Peak, Mount Ogden, Ensign Peak, Naomi Peak, Little Creek Peak. Excerpt: Mountains named Granite Peak or variations. In Canada, according to NRCan CGNDB: In the United States, according to USGS GNIS: Mount Timpanogos is the second highest mountain in Utah's Wasatch Range. Timpanogos rises to an elevation of 11,749 feet (3,582 m) above sea level in the Uinta National Forest (now part of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest). With 5,269 feet of topographic prominence, Timpanogos is the 47th-most prominent mountain in the contiguous United States. The mountain towers over Utah Valley, including the cities of Lehi, Provo, Orem, Pleasant Grove, American Fork, Lindon and others. The exposed portion of the mountain is made up entirely of limestone and dolomite from the Pennsylvanian period, and is about 300 million years old. Heavy winter snowfall is characteristic of this portion of the Wasatch Range, and avalanche activity is common in winter and spring. The word Timpanogos comes from the Timpanogots tribe who lived in the surrounding valleys from AD 1400. The name translates as rock (tumpi-), and water mouth or canyon (panogos). Mount Timpanogos is visible from much of Utah County.Mount Timpanogos displays many exampl...
