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Explorer Peak is a prominent 12,708-foot summit in northeastern Utah’s Uinta Mountains, within the High Uintas Wilderness managed by Ashley National Forest. Among the higher peaks in the state, it ranks as Utah’s 38th-highest mountain and is especially notable for its steep local relief above surrounding terrain and Crater Lake. Nearby are Dead Horse Peak and Mount Lovenia, and its runoff drains both west toward Fall Creek and east into tributaries of the Lake Fork River. Officially named in 1957 for the Explorer Scouts, it stands in a subarctic alpine setting with tundra on its highest slopes and remains a remote wilderness summit.
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