Mount Hayden is an 8,362-foot (2,549 m)-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, United States.[3] It is situated one-half mile (0.80 km) southeast of the Point Imperial viewpoint (eastern Walhalla Plateau), on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above the bottom of Nankoweap Canyon. Mount Hayden, also known as Hayden Peak, is named for Charles T. Hayden (1825–1900), an Arizona pioneer influential in the development of the Arizona Territory where he was known as the "Father of Tempe", and he established Arizona State University.[3] He was also the father of US Senator Carl Hayden, as well as a probate judge. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[3]
The first ascent of the summit was made in May 1978 by Joe Sharber, George Bain, and Abra Watkins via the north side (class 5.9 A2).[4] Pegasus, a challenging class 5.10+ route on the East Face, was first climbed by Paul Davidson and Jim Haisley in 1982. The most popular climbing route is the class 5.8 South Face. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Hayden is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.[5]
| Mount Hayden | |
|---|---|
 Northwest aspect seen from Point Imperial | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,362 ft (2,549 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 522 ft (159 m)[1] |
| Isolation | 2.44 mi (3.93 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°16′21″N 111°58′09″W / 36.2725811°N 111.9691092°W[3] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Charles T. Hayden |
| Geography | |
  Mount Hayden  Mount Hayden | |
| Location | Grand Canyon Coconino County, Arizona, US |
| Parent range | Kaibab Plateau[1] Colorado Plateau |
| Topo map | USGS Point Imperial |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | Coconino Sandstone, Hermit Shale |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1977 or 1978 |
| Easiest route | South Face class 5.7+ climbing[2] |
Geology
editThe summit spire of Mount Hayden is composed of cream-colored, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone caprock.[6] This sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below this Coconino Sandstone is reddish, slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains east into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.
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Aerial view of Mt. Hayden centered -
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Mt. Hayden (lower left) by Ansel Adams ca. 1942
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Mount Hayden, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ a b "Mount Hayden – 8,362' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Hayden". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Todd R. Berger, Reflections of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments and First-Person Accounts, 2nd edition, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 978-1934656006, page 198.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ William Kenneth Hamblin, Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 9781934656013, page 54.
External links
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- Weather forecast: National Weather Service
- Mount Hayden rock climbing: Mountainproject.com