Deep Creek Mountains

The Deep Creek Range, often referred to as the Deep Creek Mountains (Goshute: Pi'a-roi-ya-bi),^[1] are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele and Juab counties in Utah, United States.^[2] The range trends north–south (with a curl to the west at the southern end, 16% of range in White Pine County, Nevada^[3]), and is composed of granite in its central highest portion. The valley to the east is Snake Valley, and to the west is Deep Creek Valley. Nearby communities include Callao, Utah to the east and the community of Ibapah and the lands of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation to the west.

Deep Creek Range
Deep Creek Range covered in snow, March 2008
Highest point
Peak	Ibapah Peak
Elevation	12,087 ft (3,684 m)
Geography
Deep Creek Range The Deep Creek mountain range in Utah
Country	United States
State	Utah
Range coordinates	39°50′42″N 113°54′40″W
Geology
Type of rock	granite

The highest point in the Deep Creek Range is Ibapah Peak, an ultra prominent peak, which rises to 12,087 feet (3,684 m). Other peaks include Haystack Peak at 12,020 feet (3,660 m) and Red Mountain at 11,588 feet (3,532 m). The range is the source of several perennial streams and supports a diverse coniferous forest, with an "island" of alpine tundra on the highest summits. The range has a vertical relief of 7,800 feet (2,400 m) above the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake Desert lying to the northeast and rises about 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above the semiarid plains to the west.

References

1. The University of Utah - Shoshoni Dictionary
2. "Deep Creek Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
3. Deep Creek Range, Peakbagger

External links

Media related to Deep Creek Range at Wikimedia Commons