Mount Marsell is an mountain summit in Summit County, Utah, United States.
Description Mount Marsell is located east of Salt Lake City in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is situated in the western Uinta Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into headwaters of the Weber River and east to the Bear River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the Weber River in one mile (1.6 km). Access to the mountain is via the Mirror Lake Highway and hiking. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1974 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Dr. Ray E. Marsell (1893–1971), environmental geologist and professor at the University of Utah.United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 7404, 1975, p. 22.
Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Marsell is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers. Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.
See also Geology of the Uinta Mountains List of mountains in Utah
References
External links Mount Marsell: weather forecast Dr. Ray Marsell in memoriam: Geological Society of America