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Mount Tuscarora is a 10,646-foot-elevation (3,245-meter) summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
Description
Mount Tuscarora is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City between the Alta Ski Area and the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest. The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek, whereas the south slope drains into headwaters of Little Cottonwood Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,100 feet (335 meters) above Lake Mary in one-half mile (0.8 km). Mount Tuscarora is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Tuscarora was the chief of the Tuscarora people on the East Coast, but why the name was applied to this peak is not apparent.
Climate
Mount Tuscarora has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.
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