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Peak performance Test your knowledge of Utah's mountains with this quiz
13. What's the most unusual feature about Signal Peak, Washington County's high point?
a. A rock cairn on its summit
b. Its volcanic composition
c. It is forested on top
d. Its high temperature in summer
14. The top of Kings Peak, Utah's tallest point, could most accurately be described as:
a. A bald summit
b. A perennial snowpack
c. Piles of rock slabs
d. Lots of small, loose rock
15. Snowbird's tram goes to what elevation on Hidden Peak?
a. 11,000 feet
b. 10,992 feet
c. 12,000 feet
d. 10,000 feet
16. The Wasatch Mountain range reaches from:
a. Provo to Logan
b. Nephi to Logan
c. Provo to Wellsville
d. Nephi to Soda Springs, Idaho
17. Box Elder County's tallest mountain is:
b. Willard Peak
c. Sawtooth Peak
d. Promontory Point
18. Utah's San Francisco Mountains are located in what counties?
a. Beaver and Iron
b. Beaver and Millard
c. Washington and Iron
d. Kane and Garfield
19. Which of these characteristics best describe Mount Nebo:
a. Wasatch Range's tallest point
b. Composition of three individual peaks
c. Is at the south end of the Wasatch Range
d. Is biblically named
e. All of the above
20. The Abajo Mountains are nicknamed what?
a. Navajo Mountains
b. Indian Mountains
c. Blue Mountains
d. Horse Mountains
Quiz answers
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1. Ben Lomond Peak north of Ogden is said to have inspired the Paramount Pictures Corp. logo, as one of the company's founders, W.W. Hodkinson, grew up in Ogden. (However, the peak's slope has been exaggerated, Hollywood style.)
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