Mount Belknap

Description:

Plate 162 MOUNT BELKNAP: 1923 - 1999 Mount Belknap is the prominent peak at 12,137 ft. elevation. Some of the spruce (Picea sp. ) mats have changed shape and there are a few new “cat” trails associated with mining activity, but otherwise little appears to have changed at this high elevation site.

Photo Information:

1923 photo #178664 taken on August 26 by the U.S. Forest Service; 1999 photo taken by Kay #4504-24 on Sept. 8. Forest Service photo [2300-Fishlake-35] held by the Forest Service Regional Office Photographic Collection housed at Weber State Univ., Ogden, UT

Vegetative Community:

Conifer

South Central: Tushar Mountains, Fishlake National Forest, Beaver Ranger District; T28S, R5W, Sect. 10, UTM 4250300 N, 377450 E; elevation 11,250 ft., viewed to north-north-west.