Mount Wolverine is a

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Salt Lake County Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. The co ...

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, United States.

Description

Mount Wolverine is located southeast of downtown

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between the

Alta Ski Area Alta is a ski area in the western United States, located in the town of Alta in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County. With a skiable area of , Alta's base elevation is and rises to for a vertical gain of . One of the oldest sk ...

and the

Brighton Ski Resort Brighton Ski Resort is a ski area located in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Brighton, Utah, United States, about from downtown Salt Lake City. It is owned and operated by Boyne Resorts. Description Brighton Ski Resort was the first ski resort in Ut ...

in the

Wasatch–Cache National Forest Wasatch–Cache National Forest is a United States National Forest located primarily in northern Utah (81.23%), with smaller parts extending into southeastern Idaho (16.42%) and southwestern Wyoming (2.35%). The name is derived from the Ute word ...

. The peak is set in the

Wasatch Range The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the ...

which is a subset of the

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. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of

Big Cottonwood Creek Big Cottonwood Creek is one of the largest streams entering Salt Lake Valley from the east from the Wasatch Mountains. The creek flows through the Big Cottonwood Canyon in a westerly direction until it emerges into Salt Lake Valley about from its ...

, whereas the south slope drains into headwaters of

Little Cottonwood Creek Little Cottonwood Creek is one of the principal streams entering Salt Lake Valley from the east. The creek rises near the summit of the Wasatch Mountains, a short distance south of the ski resort town of Alta, and flows in a westerly direction thr ...

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is significant as the summit rises above

Little Cottonwood Canyon Little Cottonwood Canyon lies within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the eastern side of the Salt Lake Valley, roughly 15 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah. The canyon is part of Granite, a CDP and "Community Council" designated by Salt L ...

in approximately one mile (1.6 km). Mount Wolverine is composed of

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of the

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Alta

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.Miriam H. Bugden, ''Geology and Scenery of the Central Wasatch Range, Salt Lake and Summit Counties, Utah'', Utah Geological Survey, 1991, , p. 12 This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

Mount Wolverine has a subarctic climate (

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''Dfc''), bordering on an

Alpine climate Alpine climate is the typical weather ( climate) for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate. Definition There are multiple definitions ...

(

''ET''), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

Gallery

File:Wolverine Cirque.jpg, Northwest face above the cirque File:Mount Wolverine from southwest.jpg, Southwest aspect viewed from Sugarloaf Mountain. Albion Basin below. File:Sunset Peak vista.jpg, View from Sunset Peak with Mount Wolverine (upper left), Mount Tuscarora (center), and Mount Millicent (right).

References

External links

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