Deertrap Mountain

Deertrap Mountain is a 6,837-foot peak on the east rim of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park, southwestern Utah, rising from a white Navajo Sandstone landscape near landmarks including Zion Lodge, Mountain of the Sun, Twin Brothers, the East Temple, and Ant Hill. Pine Creek begins there, and the mountain’s runoff ultimately reaches the North Fork of the Virgin River. Its name comes from a local tradition that the Paiute once drove mule deer onto the mesa and trapped them for food. The present name was officially adopted on April 4, 1934. The mountain lies in a cold semi-arid high-desert climate with less than 10 inches of annual precipitation.

Springdale, Utah · United States