Mount Lovenia

Mount Lovenia
West aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,219 ft (4,029 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,459 ft (445 m)[3]
Parent peakHenrys Fork Peak (13,260 ft)[4]
Isolation11.59 mi (18.65 km)[4]
Coordinates40°45′24″N 110°36′26″W / 40.7566542°N 110.6071404°W / 40.7566542; -110.6071404[5]
Geography
Mount Lovenia is located in Utah
Mount Lovenia
Mount Lovenia
Location in Utah
Mount Lovenia is located in the United States
Mount Lovenia
Mount Lovenia
Mount Lovenia (the United States)
LocationHigh Uintas Wilderness
CountryUnited States of America
StateUtah
CountyDuchesne / Summit
Parent rangeUinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Lovenia
Geology
Rock ageNeoproterozoic
Rock typeMetasedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 scrambling[4]

Mount Lovenia is a 13,219-foot elevation (4,029 m) mountain summit located on the common border that Duchesne County shares with Summit County in the U.S. state of Utah.

Description

Mount Lovenia is set within the High Uintas Wilderness on land managed by Ashley National Forest. It is situated along the crest of the Uinta Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and it ranks as the 10th-highest summit in Utah, and 51st-highest in the United States if a 400-foot clean prominence cutoff is considered as criteria.[3] Topographic relief is significant as the west face rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) in less than one-half mile and the north face rises 1,800 feet (550 meters) in one-half mile. Neighbors include Wasatch Peak two miles to the north-northwest, and Dead Horse Peak is five miles to the west-southwest. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains north to the Blacks Fork and south into headwaters of the Lake Fork River.

Etymology

George Beard

The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[5] Nature-lover and artist George Beard (1854–1944) of Coalville, Utah, named this mountain for his wife, Sarah Lovenia Bullock Beard (1859–1932), who was the daughter of Mormon pioneer Thomas Bullock.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lovenia is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.[7] Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes. There is no weather station at the summit, but this climate table contains interpolated data for an area around the summit.

Climate data for Mount Lovenia 40.7574 N, 110.6107 W, Elevation: 12,562 ft (3,829 m) (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 22.8
(−5.1) 		22.8
(−5.1) 		29.0
(−1.7) 		33.8
(1.0) 		42.0
(5.6) 		52.4
(11.3) 		60.1
(15.6) 		58.5
(14.7) 		50.8
(10.4) 		39.8
(4.3) 		28.9
(−1.7) 		22.2
(−5.4) 		38.6
(3.7)
Daily mean °F (°C) 11.8
(−11.2) 		11.0
(−11.7) 		16.1
(−8.8) 		20.7
(−6.3) 		29.2
(−1.6) 		39.1
(3.9) 		46.6
(8.1) 		45.2
(7.3) 		38.0
(3.3) 		27.9
(−2.3) 		18.1
(−7.7) 		11.6
(−11.3) 		26.3
(−3.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 0.9
(−17.3) 		−0.9
(−18.3) 		3.1
(−16.1) 		7.6
(−13.6) 		16.3
(−8.7) 		25.9
(−3.4) 		33.2
(0.7) 		32.0
(0.0) 		25.2
(−3.8) 		16.1
(−8.8) 		7.2
(−13.8) 		1.0
(−17.2) 		14.0
(−10.0)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.37
(111) 		3.91
(99) 		3.51
(89) 		3.78
(96) 		3.37
(86) 		2.16
(55) 		2.40
(61) 		3.13
(80) 		3.25
(83) 		3.10
(79) 		3.71
(94) 		4.09
(104) 		40.78
(1,037)
Source: PRISM Climate Group[8]


See also

Looking east from Mt. Lovenia at Peak 13032, also known as "East Lovenia" or "Quandary Peak"

References

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Mount Lovenia
  2. ^ Adam Helman (2005), The Finest Peaks - Prominence and Other Mountain Measures, Trafford Publishing, ISBN 9781412059954
  3. ^ a b "Mount Lovenia, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. ^ a b c "Lovenia, Mount - 13,219' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. ^ a b "Mount Lovenia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. ^ John W. Van Cott (1990), Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press, ISBN 9780874803457, p. 262
  7. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
  8. ^ "PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University". PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Retrieved November 6, 2023. To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.