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Quiz answers

Published: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:47 p.m. MST
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6. b) The Tushar Mountains, which rise to 12,169 feet above sea level.

7. c) Navajo Mountain, located northeast of Page, Ariz., near Lake Powell. The mountain, which stands 10,388 feet above sea level, located on the Navajo reservation and requires a special permit for backcountry access.

8. b) Notch Peak in the House Range southwest of Delta. The west side of this 9,655 peak features a 5,033-foot drop — with almost a 90-degree incline — to the Tule Valley below.

9. a) Thurston Peak, east of Layton, stands at 9,706 feet above sea level.

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.

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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.

18. b) The San Francisco Mountains straddle Beaver and Millard counties and are sandwiched between the Wah Wah and the Beaver Mountain ranges.

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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The Tushar Mountains, which stand 12,169 feet above sea level, are east of Beaver.

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