Mount Moroni 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 at the Court of the Patriarchs in

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety ...

, in Washington County of southwest

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, United States.

Description

Mount Moroni is located immediately southwest 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 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 alongside the North Fork of the

Virgin River The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the ...

which drains precipitation

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from this mountain. Its neighbors include The Sentinel,

Mountain of the Sun Mountain of the Sun is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Mountain of the Sun is situated immediately east of Court of the Patriarchs, and south of Zion Lo ...

Twin Brothers Twin Brothers is a Navajo Sandstone mountain in Zion National Park in Washington County , Utah, United States. Description Twin Brothers is situated immediately north of The East Temple, and immediately south of Mountain of the Sun, toweri ...

Mount Spry } Mount Spry is a small 5,720-ft elevation mountain summit made of Navajo Sandstone located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Officially named in 1934, it honors William Spry (1864-1929), the third gove ...

The East Temple The East Temple is a prominent summit composed of Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. It is one of the notable landmarks in the park. The nearest neighbor is Twin Brothers, one-half mile ...

, and the Three Patriarchs: peaks Abraham,

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

, and

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

. This feature's name was officially adopted in 1934 by the

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. It is named for

Angel Moroni The Angel Moroni () is an angel whom Joseph Smith reported as having visited him on numerous occasions, beginning on September 21, 1823. According to Smith, the angel was the guardian of the golden plates, buried in the hill Cumorah near Smith's ...

, who presented

Joseph Smith Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was 24, Smith published the Book of Mormon. By the time of his death, 14 years later, he ...

with the golden plates from which he translated and published the

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Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Mount Moroni. According to the

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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.

Climbing Routes

Climbing Routes on Mount Moroni include: * ''Road to Cumorah'' - IV C1 - 10 pitches * ''The Groper'' - III - 6 pitches * ''Forced Issue'' - III/IV R - 9 pitches * ''Varco Route'' - II - 2 pitches * ''Voice From The Dust'' - III - 9 pitches * ''Plan B'' - IV - 9 pitches * ''Molecules of Emotion'' - IV - 6 pitches * ''Crack in the Cosmic Egg'' - V C2 - 6 pitches

Gallery

File:Mount Moroni in Zion NP.jpg File:Three Patriarchs January 2011.jpg, Court of the Patriarchs in winter. The Sentinel, Abraham, Isaac, and Moroni (right) File:Three Patriarchs, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah (1026040622).jpg, Isaac and Mt. Moroni File:Isaac and Moroni, Zion National Park.jpg, Isaac (left), Moroni (right) File:Virgin River in Winter (5015257425).jpg, Mt. Moroni winter snow File:Court of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Moroni.jpg, Court of the Patriarchs. Abraham, Isaac, Mt. Moroni File:Sculpted Zion Peaks.jpg, Moroni, with the white rock of Jacob in back File:Mount Moroni.jpg File:Mount Moroni.jpg,

Abraham Peak Abraham Peak is a tall rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Access to Abraham Peak is from the main Park road through Sand Beach Trail. Abraham Peak is the tallest of the three peaks that make the Th ...

(left) with Mount Moroni (center).

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