Utah 13ers

Utah, United States, North America

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Utah 13ers

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Overview

These are all the 13’ers in Utah that have over 200 foot prominence. Peaks without official names are in quotations. Names were taken from benchmarks, usage in guidebooks, or from the nearest named feature (such as a lake or peak). Peaks with mountain pages and photographs are in bold.

One thing that makes Utah's 13'ers different, then say the Colorado 14'ers, is that the distances from the nearest roads are usually much greater for the Utah 13'ers. Tokewanna is actually the closest 13'er in Utah to any road, but it is still over 15 miles from the nearest road round-trip. Some of the peaks along the Kings Emmons Ridge are around 40 miles round trip from the nearest roads!

Interestingly, Kings Peak, the highest of the 13’ers in Utah is also the easiest of the peaks. Equally interesting is that the lowest of the 13’ers, East Lovenia is also the hardest of the 13’ers. All the 13’ers in Utah are from class 2 to class 4 by their easiest route. By far the vast majority are class 2+ to class 3+, and there are only a few exceptions. There are some vertical faces, but technical rock climbing is seldom done on these peaks due to the fractured nature of the rock. I know of no technical climbs that have been done on the higher vertical faces (such as the north face of Henrys Fork Peak or the north face of Wilson Peak), and this is for good reason. Plan on more scrambling routes than technical routes on the Utah 13’ers.

The List

Note: All elevations have now been updated with the latest LiDAR information.

Rank	Peak Name	Elevation	Prominence	Range	Topo Map	North coord.	West Coord.
1	Kings Peak	13,531	6374	Uintas	Kings Peak	40.776	110.372
2	South Kings Peak	13,518	353	Uintas	Mount Powell	40.766	110.377
3	Gilbert Peak	13,448	1562	Uintas	Kings Peak	40.824	110.34
4	Mount Emmons	13,446	914	Uintas	Mount Emmons	40.742	110.352
5	"Painter Peak"	13,391	318	Uintas	Kings Peak	40.753	110.358
6	"Roberts Peak" (Northwest Emmons)	13,297	560	Uintas	Mount Emmons	40.736	110.338
7	"Gunsight Peak"	13,271	637	Uintas	Kings Peak	40.803	110.352
8	"Henrys Fork Peak"	13,273	575	Uintas	Mount Powell	40.788	110.398
9	"Trail Rider Peak"	13,256	357	Uintas	Mount Emmons	40.742	110.352
10	Mount Lovenia	13,224	1470	Uintas	Mount Lovenia	40.577	110.606
11	"South Mount Emmons"	13,174	228	Uintas	Mount Emmons	40.704	110.311
12	Tokewanna Peak	13,170	1292	Uintas	Mount Lovenia	40.81	110.623
13	Mount Powell	13,156	813	Uintas	Mount Powell	40.798	110.425
14	"Wasatch Benchmark"	13,161	862	Uintas	Mount Lovenia	40.783	110.623
15	"West Gunsight Peak"	13,103	646	Uintas	Kings Peak	40.791	110.365
16	"North Mount Emmons"	13,091	480	Uintas	Mount Emmons	40.723	110.317
17	Wilson Peak	13,060	1312	Uintas	Mount Powell	40.776	110.461
18	"NW Wasatch"	13,046	282	Uintas	Red Knob	40.793	110.636
19	"East Lovenia"	13,037	821	Uintas	Mount Lovenia	40.763	110.582