Lone Peak (Utah)

Lone Peak is a mountain summit in the Wasatch Range southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and the center of the Lone Peak Wilderness, established in 1978. With an elevation of 11,260 feet (3,430 m), it is one of the highest peaks in the range and among the most prominent of the Wasatch Front, towering over the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper and easily visible from most of the valley, which makes it a popular destination for hiking and rock climbing.

The first person in recorded history to scale the summit of Lone Peak was Richard Bell, Sr. of Riverton, Utah. Bell also led the first recorded climb of the Lone Peak Cirque. He went on to lead several expeditions and taught many alpine guides. Bells Canyon is named for him and is still a common route to the summit.

Lone Peak consists almost entirely of quartz monzonite (a granitoid or granite-like rock) of the 30.5 million-year-old Little Cottonwood Stock. Quartzite and limestone are also found in distal locations on the mountain. The high mountain ridge stretching from Little Cottonwood Canyon on the northern end to Corner Canyon on the southern end is sometimes called "Mount Jordan", the highest peak of which is Lone Peak. Nearby peaks include Ennis Peak and Big Horn Peak. Lone Peak ranks 98th by elevation on the list of Utah peaks with at least 500 feet (150 m) of topographic prominence.