Yard Peak

Yard Peak
Yard Peak
	Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	12,706 ft (3,873 m)
Prominence	1,106 ft (337 m)
Parent peak	Lamotte Peak (12,720 ft)
Isolation	2.51 mi (4.04 km)
Coordinates	40°45′10″N 110°42′48″W / 40.7527172°N 110.7132123°W
Naming
Etymology	Robert Sterling Yard
Geography
	Yard Peak Location in Utah Yard Peak Yard Peak (the United States)
Location	High Uintas Wilderness
Country	United States of America
State	Utah
County	Summit / Duchesne
Parent range	Uinta Mountains; Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Red Knob
Geology
Rock age	Neoproterozoic
Rock type	Metasedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2+ scrambling

Yard Peak is a 12,706-foot elevation (3,873 m) mountain summit located on the common border that Duchesne County shares with Summit County in the U.S. state of Utah.

Description

Yard Peak is set within the High Uintas Wilderness on land managed by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is situated along the crest of the Uinta Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and it ranks as the 40th-highest summit in Utah.^[2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,100 feet (640 meters) above Allsop Lake in one mile. Neighbors include Ostler Peak three miles to the west, The Cathedral two miles to the north, and Dead Horse Peak is 1.5 mile southeast. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains north to the East Fork Bear River and south into headwaters of Rock Creek which is a tributary of the Duchesne River. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Yard Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.^[5] Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.

Dead Horse Peak (left) with Yard Peak (right) from Allsop Lake
Dead Horse Peak (left), Allsop Lake, Yard Peak (right)
Dead Horse Peak (left) and Yard Peak (right of center) viewed from the north from airliner.

^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Red Knob
^ ^a ^b "Yard Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Yard Peak - 12,706' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
^ "Yard Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.