Humpy Peak

Humpy Peak rises 10,875 feet on the northwestern flank of Utah’s Uinta Mountains near Evanston, Wyoming, and Coalville. Its geology reflects the wider Uinta structure, with quartzite, sandstone, and conglomerate in iron-oxide-rich red and purplish hues, plus nearby exposures of the Red Pine Shale and Mount Watson Formation. Some rocks date to the Neoproterozoic, about 770 to 742 million years ago, and the peak’s height grew from mountain-building between 70 and 34 million years ago, later altered by faulting. Humpy Peak also serves as an important telecommunications site, where its elevation and position help broadcast signals across northern Utah and into southwestern Wyoming.

Utah · United States