Red Arch 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, United States.
Description
Red Arch Mountain is situated immediately northeast 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 on the east side of the North Fork
Virgin River which drains precipitation
runoff
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* Runoff or run-off, a stock market ...
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 ...
,
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, ...
, and
Lady Mountain
Lady Mountain (previously known as Cliff Dwelling Mountain) is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States.
Description
Lady Mountain is situated immediately west of ...
. This mountain's descriptive 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 a
blind arch
An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it.
Arches may be synonymous with vaul ...
that formed in 1880 on the northwest face when a
rock avalanche fell into the valley. This event buried the Gifford farm in rubble. It happened on a Sunday when the family was away at church in Springdale.
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Climate
Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Red Arch Mountain. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a Cold semi-arid climate 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:Red Arch Mountain in Zion Canyon.jpg, Northwest Face
File:Red Arch Mountain Zion.jpg, Northwest Face featuring blind arch
File:Red Arch Mtn, Zion.jpg, From the northwest
File:Red Arch Mountain, Zion.jpg, North aspect from Angels Landing area
File:Zion Canyon, Red Arch Mountain.jpg, Red Arch Mountain centered. From the west
File:Red Arch Mountain, Zion National Park.jpg, North aspect, with Mountain of the Sun (behind right)
File:Emerald Pools Trail in Winter, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah (2147527876).jpg, Red Arch Mountain (left) from Emerald Pools Trail
File:Descending Angel's Landing, Zion National Park, Utah (8363669244).jpg
File:Zion Park - Red Arch Mountain.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
Red Arch Mountain
* Red Arch Mountain rock climbing
Mountainproject.com
{{Geographic Location
, Center = Red Arch Mountain
, North = Angels Landing
Angels Landing, known previously as the Temple of Aeolus, is a tall Formation of rocks, rock formation in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, United States. A renowned trail cut into solid rock in 1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing an ...
, Northeast = 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 = Hidden Canyon
, Southeast = Deertrap Mountain
, South = Mountain of the Sun
, Southwest = 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, ...
, West = Lady Mountain
Lady Mountain (previously known as Cliff Dwelling Mountain) is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States.
Description
Lady Mountain is situated immediately west of ...
, Northwest = Cathedral Mountain
Mountains of Utah
Zion National Park
Mountains of Washington County, Utah
Sandstone formations of the United States
Colorado Plateau