Wellsville Mountains

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Located on the north end of the Wasatch Mountains, the Wellsville Mountains are often claimed as one of the steepest mountain ranges in North America. While only moderately tall, they are particularly narrow. Box Elder (9,372') and the Wellsville Cone (9,356') are its two highest peaks.

Hawk Watch International got started when its founders noticed the large numbers of hawks that migrate along the ridge of the Wellsville mountains. Hawk watches are typically conducted from September through October.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellsville_Mountains
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Coordinates:   41°38'30"N   111°59'16"W

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  • Steepest mountain range in the world? Ambigious; local lore. Probably not true, then again maybe it is.
  • Actually, they've sent local townspeople all over the world to measure the rest of the mountain ranges, and these really are the steepest. ;-)
  • I think the steepest mountain in the world is K2. Most difficult mountain in the world to climb, for sure!
  • Steepest in North America genius.
  • This is not true
  • The Wellsville Range's distinction is that they have the most volume per basal area of any mountain range in the world. The range has a very narrow footprint with relatively high peaks throughout.
  • The Wellsville Range does not the contain individual mountains that are the steepest, however as a whole, the range is the steepest.
  • Adam is correct, mainly due to the volume ratio which is "base to height." This then makes the "range" the steepest in the world. Of course it has nothing to do with tallest, hardest, etc.
  • Not very near at all to Montana, either.
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