The County Highpoints of Utah Utah has 29 counties, and I have completed 20 county highpoints. In reality, there are only 26 actual peaks to climb, since three of the peaks lie on county boundaries, thus serving as both counties' highpoints. I have just seven peaks to go (nine counties) until my Utah county highpoint project is completed. However, in recent years I haven't done much in Utah, except for a few of the big prominent summits near the Arizona boundary. BEAVER Delano Peak BOX ELDER Bull Mountain CACHE Naomi Peak CARBON Monument Peak DAGGETT Eccentric Peak DAVIS Thurston Peak DUCHESNE Kings Peak EMERY East Mountain GARFIELD Mount Ellen GRAND Mount Waas IRON Brian Head Peak JUAB Ibapah Peak KANE Navajo Cliffs MILLARD Mine Camp Peak MORGAN Thurston Peak PIUTE Delano Peak RICH Bridger Peak SALT LAKE American Twin Peak SANPETE South Tent Mountain SAN JUAN Mount Peale SEVIER Fishlake Hightop SUMMIT Gilbert Peak TOOELE Deseret Peak UINTAH Eccentric Peak UTAH Mount Nebo WASATCH Murdoch Mountain Slope WASHINGTON Signal Peak WAYNE Bluebell Knoll WEBER Willard Peak     Utah's Prominence Peaks Below is a short list of other peaks in Utah that I have climbed. These are mainly highly prominent summits in the southern half of the state, convenient to Arizona and from Las Vegas, Nevada. I have every intention to add to this list. Utah has no shortage of marvelous peaks to climb! Abajo Peak Navajo Mountain West Mountain Scrub Peak   L I N K S Utah County Highpoints summitpost.org Utah County Highpoints www.cohp.org Return To The Main Highpoints Page

Mt. Ellen (Garfield Co.) imagery used with permission by Bob Palin Over the years I have made slow but steady progress in chipping away at the Utah County highpoints. This is partly due to my concentrating on the other nearby states to Arizona, mainly New Mexico, Nevada and Southern California. Since I am finally done with New Mexico and Nevada's counties, and have got as many as I am going to get in Southern California, my attentions have turned to Utah. Despite my "slow" progress, I am over two-thirds finished, with 20 counties finished (including a two-fer pair), and nine to go (including two two-fer pairs). So, in truth, going by the peaks themselves, I have 19 in the books, 7 to go. My first Utah trip was in 1998 when I set out to hike Kings Peak, the state highpoint. I was successful on that hike, but did not bother to try for other peaks at that time. I made two quick swings into southwest Utah from my folks' place in Henderson, Nevada, during 2001, bagging five more counties. In 2002 I gained two more as part of a week-long trip through Colorado and other states. I made great progress in 2003 over two trips, then did nothing for all of 2004. In 2005 I climbed one more in the state, but in 2006 I gained another six over two trips. As you can see, I'm on a dry spell with the Utah counties for the time being. Trust me, it's on my mind but I have other priorities and I just keep putting Utah off. You can help, if you want to send me a couple thousand dollars to cover my gas, hotels and other incidentals.