From Deseret News archives:
Peak performance Test your knowledge of Utah's mountains with this quiz
10. d) Rich County has an unnamed peak that is 9,255 feet above sea level. This is the highest point in that county the lowest amount Utah's other counties.
11. b) Mount Olympus is 9,026 feet above sea level.
12. b) Rainbow Bridge is visible from Navajo Mountain's north side.
13. c) While most other Utah county high points are well above the timberline, Signal isn't.
14. c) Kings Peak is composed of a thick pile of mostly flat, rock slabs.
15. b) The Snowbird tram reaches 10,992 feet above sea level, though it is commonly rounded off to 11,000 feet.
16. d) The Wasatch Mountains go from Nephi to Soda Springs, Idaho.
17. a) Bull Mountain, at 9,934 feet above sea level, is located in the Raft River Mountains northwest of Snowville.
19. e) Mount Nebo has all of those characteristics
20. c) The Abajo Mountains, located west of Monticello, are sometimes nicknamed the "Blue Mountains," or "Blues," for their color. The range's highest point, Abajo Peak, rises to 11,019 feet above sea level.
SOURCES: U.S. Geological Survey; U.S. Forest Service and Utah highway maps.
SCORE
Give yourself four points for each of the "Do you know" questions and three points for each of the "Can you decide" questions answered correctly. There are 100 points possible.
80-100: You're a Utah mountain expert
60-79: You know your way around Utah's back country
40-59: You'd better pull out the topographical maps
20-39: You'd better invest in some hiking references
Below 20: Are you living in Kansas?
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