Published by Paul Ivinskas
Friday, October 16, 2026

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Utah mountains

Twenty peaks across the Wasatch, the Uintas, the west desert ranges and the island mountains of southern Utah.

Picked for variety, not height. Elevations are the published figures in each page's sources. These pages are background on each mountain, not route guides: check the land manager linked on each one for roads, closures and rules.

Salt Lake County

Wasatch Range

Mount Olympus

The rock wall above the east Salt Lake Valley that names Mount Olympus Wilderness.

About 9,026 feet

Wasatch Range

Pfeifferhorn

A glacier-carved horn south of Little Cottonwood Canyon, once called Little Matterhorn.

About 11,326 feet

Wasatch Range

Broads Fork Twin Peaks

Paired summits on Cottonwood Ridge that name Twin Peaks Wilderness.

About 11,330 feet

Wasatch Range

Grandeur Peak

A front-range summit above the mouth of Mill Creek Canyon.

About 8,299 feet

Wasatch Range

Mount Aire

A wooded summit between Mill Creek and Parleys canyons.

About 8,621 feet

Wasatch Range

Mount Raymond

A rocky summit on the divide between Mill Creek and Big Cottonwood canyons.

About 10,241 feet

Wasatch Range

Gobblers Knob

A central Wasatch summit above Alexander Basin, with a history of fatal avalanches.

About 10,246 feet

Stansbury Mountains

Deseret Peak

The high point of the Stansbury Mountains, between Tooele and Skull valleys.

About 11,031 feet

Utah County

Wasatch Range

Mount Timpanogos

The limestone walls above Utah Valley, inside Mount Timpanogos Wilderness.

About 11,750 feet

Wasatch Range

Mount Nebo

The southern end of the high Wasatch, above Nephi and Payson.

About 11,928 feet (north summit)

Wasatch Range

Lone Peak

A granite cirque on the Wasatch crest between the Salt Lake and Utah valleys.

About 11,253 feet

Northern Utah

Wasatch Range

Ben Lomond

The broad summit that defines the skyline north of Ogden.

About 9,717 feet

Wasatch Range

Willard Peak

The northern Wasatch crest north of Ben Lomond, with old mine workings on its west side.

About 9,764 feet

Antelope Island

Frary Peak

The top of Antelope Island, on some of the oldest rock in Utah.

About 6,597 feet

Central Utah

House Range

Notch Peak

A huge limestone cliff in the House Range of the west desert, with ancient bristlecone pines.

About 9,654 feet

Southern Utah

Henry Mountains

Mount Ellen

The high point of the Henry Mountains, a classic site for how mountains form from below.

About 11,522 feet

Tushar Mountains

Delano Peak

A summit in the volcanic Tushar Mountains, and mountain goat country.

About 12,173 feet

Markagunt Plateau

Brian Head Peak

A summit above Cedar Breaks with a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps shelter.

About 11,307 feet

Eastern Utah

Uinta Mountains

Kings Peak

Utah's highest point, deep in the High Uintas Wilderness.

About 13,528 feet

La Sal Mountains

Mount Peale

A La Sal summit above Moab, protected as a research natural area.

About 12,721 feet