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Window Blind Peak is a 7,030-foot mountain in Utah’s San Rafael Swell that rises about 1,800 feet above nearby terrain and is the highest point in the Mexican Mountain Wilderness Study Area. Near the San Rafael River, it is closely tied to the surrounding canyon and desert landscape through drainage flowing north to the river. Geologically, it is a major erosional remnant with a core of Wingate Sandstone formed from wind-blown dunes about 200 million years ago, overlain by Kayenta Formation and capped by Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, with Chinle Formation exposed around its base. Its recorded first ascent was made on September 23, 1973, by Jim Langdon, Dale Black, and Dave Palmer.
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