Mount Hayden is an -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County of Arizona, Southwestern United States, United States.
It is situated southeast of the Point Imperial viewpoint (eastern Walhalla Plateau), on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers above the bottom of Nankoweap Canyon. Mount Hayden, also known as Hayden Peak, is named for Charles T. Hayden (1825–1900), an Arizona pioneer influential in the development of the Arizona Territory where he was known as the "Father of Tempe, Arizona, Tempe", and he established Arizona State University.
He was also the father of United States Senate, US Senator Carl Hayden, as well as a Probate court, probate judge. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
The first ascent of the summit was made in May 1978 by Joe Sharber, George Bain, and Abra Watkins via the north side ( A2). ''Pegasus'', a challenging class 5.10+ route on the East Face, was first climbed by Paul Davidson and Jim Haisley in 1982. The most popular climbing route is the class 5.8 South Face. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Hayden is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.
Geology
The summit spire of Mount Hayden is composed of cream-colored, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone caprock.
[William Kenneth Hamblin, ''Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology'', 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, , page 54.] This sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below this Coconino Sandstone is reddish, slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from this feature drains east into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.
Gallery
File:Grand Canyon National Park North Rim Point Imperial 0612 (7236111558).jpg
File:Mount Hayden stands out in a crowd (8115192430).jpg
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File:Aerial of Mt. Hayden.jpg, Aerial view looking northeast at Mt. Hayden
File:Grand Canyon aerial view of Mt. Hayden.jpg, Aerial view of Mt. Hayden centered
File:Mt. Hayden from an airplane.jpg, Mt. Hayden from an airplane
File:Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AA-F03.jpg, Mt. Hayden (lower left) by Ansel Adams ca. 1942
See also
* Geology of the Grand Canyon area
* Brady Peak
References
External links
* Weather forecast
National Weather Service* Mount Hayden rock climbing
Mountainproject.com
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Grand Canyon, North Rim
Grand Canyon
Mountains of Arizona
Mountains of Coconino County, Arizona
Two-thousanders of the United States
Colorado Plateau
Grand Canyon National Park
Sandstone formations of the United States