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Lady Mountain (previously known as Cliff Dwelling Mountain) is a elevation
Navajo Sandstone The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.Anonymou ...
summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest
Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, United States.


Description

Lady Mountain is situated immediately west of
Zion Lodge Zion Lodge is located in Zion National Park, Utah, United States. The lodge was designed in 1924 as a compromise solution between its developer, the Utah Parks Company, which wanted a large hotel, and National Park Service director Stephen Mather, ...
, towering over above the lodge and the floor of
Zion Canyon Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; ''weap'' is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entir ...
. It is set on the west side of the North Fork Virgin River which drains precipitation
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from this mountain. Its neighbors include Mount Majestic, Cathedral Mountain,
The Great White Throne The Great White Throne is a monolith, predominantly composed of white Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park in Washington County in southwestern Utah, United States. The north-west "main" face rises in from the floor of Zion Canyon near Angels ...
, Red Arch Mountain, Mountain of the Sun,
Mount Moroni Mount Moroni is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located at the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Description Mount Moroni is located immediately southwest of Zion Lodge, ...
, Castle Dome, and The Sentinel. This feature was called "Cliff Dwelling Mountain" and "Mount Zion" before the Lady Mountain name was officially adopted in 1934 by the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal governm ...
. It is so named for markings of which early visitors saw a resemblance to a lady's face. In 1925 the park service constructed a climbing "trail" with cables and ladders to the summit, one of the first in the park, but it was later deconstructed due to numerous rescues and fatalities.James Kaiser, ''Zion: The Complete Guide'', 1st Edition, 2019, Destination Press,


Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Lady Mountain. According to the
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
system, it is located in a
Cold semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...
zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below , and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.


Gallery

File:Lady Mountain, NE.jpg, From northeast, featuring the North Face File:North face of Lady Mountain.jpg, Looking up at North Face from Emerald Pools trail File:Lady Mountain from northeast.jpg, Jacob, Lady Mountain, The Spearhead File:Lady Mountain, Zion National Park, Utah, USA.jpg, North face File:Lady Mountain from Zion Lodge.jpg, Lady Mountain from Zion Lodge File:North Face of Angels Landing, Zion NP 5-14 (15169140456).jpg, From northeast, with Virgin River File:Lady Mountain, Zion Park.jpg, Lady Mountain File:Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah (1026378902).jpg, Jacob and Lady from Zion Lodge File:Angels Landing 62 (4211469526).jpg, Jacob and Lady from Zion Lodge File:Looking South, Zion NP, Angel's Landing Trail 5-1-14zy (14399342244).jpg, Lady Mountain centered File:Patriarchs Lady.jpg, Looking west, Jacob centered, Lady to right, Moroni lower left File:Jacob and Lady Mtn.jpg, Jacob and Lady File:Virgin River, Lay Mountain in Zion.jpg


See also

* List of mountains in Utah * Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area *
Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area of ...


References


External links


Zion National Park
National Park Service * Weather forecast
Lady Mountain
* Lady Mountain rock climbing
mountainproject.com
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The Great White Throne The Great White Throne is a monolith, predominantly composed of white Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park in Washington County in southwestern Utah, United States. The north-west "main" face rises in from the floor of Zion Canyon near Angels ...
, East = Red Arch Mountain , ESE =
Zion Lodge Zion Lodge is located in Zion National Park, Utah, United States. The lodge was designed in 1924 as a compromise solution between its developer, the Utah Parks Company, which wanted a large hotel, and National Park Service director Stephen Mather, ...
, Southeast = Mountain of the Sun , South =
Mount Moroni Mount Moroni is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located at the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Description Mount Moroni is located immediately southwest of Zion Lodge, ...
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Court of the Patriarchs The Court of the Patriarchs is a sandstone cliff on the south face of the Three Patriarchs in Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, Washington County, Utah, United States. Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable s ...
, WSW =
Jacob Peak Jacob Peak is a rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Jacob Peak is part of the Three Patriarchs, along with (and located to the north of) Abraham Peak and Isaac Peak. Name Zion National Park was firs ...
, West = Point 7180 , WNW = Heaps Canyon , Northwest = Castle Dome Mountains of Utah Zion National Park Mountains of Washington County, Utah Sandstone formations of the United States Colorado Plateau North American 2000 m summits