Guess the spot: Utah Edition

[regehr]

Not Fremont Peak!

 

[Rockskipper]

Why not?

And that feature in the foreground looks like a dead bristlecone pine to me, if a pine can be a feature.

 

[regehr]

Those are definitely bristlecones! But let's wait a bit longer to see if someone can name the area, I know folks here have been up there. Elevation of the plateau shown is approx 11,000'

 

[regehr]

Reposting pic on new page.

 

[Rockskipper]

I think I know where this is. You're at the Table, north of Mt. Moriah, looking at Utah's Deep Creek Mtns. in the distance.

 

[Udink]

I think I know where this is. You're at the Table, north of Mt. Moriah, looking at Utah's Deep Creek Mtns. in the distance.

D'oh! I should have gotten that, since @regehr just last month told me about his hike there. But I kept thinking it looked like something along the northern border.

 

[regehr]

Yay, yes, it's The Table, you are up.

 

[Rockskipper]

OK, this isn't exactly backcountry, but it's on the edge. Where is it?

 

[regehr]

Green River UT!

 

[Rockskipper]

OK, I think you set a record. @regehr You're up!

 

[regehr]

Well I knew Udink and others would be super quick to jump on this one!

 

[SteveR]

OK, this isn't exactly backcountry, but it's on the edge. Where is it?

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My first thought was- If we were looking for an Alberta location, it would probably be yet another of the many examples in Calgary of taxpayer fleecing in the name of public "art". Googling Green River and looking at images confirmed my cynicism- it is in fact art.

 

[Rockskipper]

There's an interesting story behind this. The fellow who owns this hill that this art sets on commissioned a famous artist to do this. This is the second one there that he's commissioned. The irony is, the art patron is blind.

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=51832250&itype=cmsid

 

[regehr]

Name the peak where the photo was taken from. It isn't named on the maps but has a well-established informal name.

 

[LarryBoy]

Are you looking for "pink pine peak"? I and my friends are apparently 12 years old,because we call it the butt crack, after the shape of a slide path descending e toward white pine lake.

 

[regehr]

Not pink pine, but of course you're very close geographically speaking! The big clue is the distinctive rock feature in the photo.

 

[LarryBoy]

Aka Thunder mtn? The only other unnamed peak would be UPWOP, but the distinct lack of pfeifferhorn makes it seem unlikely.

 

[Mike K]

The Obelisk (by Pfeiff)?

 

[regehr]

Yes, Obelisk! The high point of the ridgeline between Maybird and Hogum. You are up.

 

[Mike K]

I've only hiked up to it in the winter and it looks quite a bit different without all the snow!

Up next, where is this picture take FROM? (Probably incorrect grammar. )