Page Type Page Type: Mountain/Rock
Location Lat/Lon: 40.39320°N / 112.591°W
Activities Activities: Hiking, Scrambling, Skiing
Seasons Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Additional Information Elevation: 10330 ft / 3149 m
Sign the Climber's Log

Overview

[Note: August 2020. I adopted this page after it was orphaned by the original author. I have made no substantive changes to it - utahjimk]

 

Vickory Mountain is at the south end of the Stansbury Range of Utah, rising between the vast Skull and Rush Valleys. Vickory rises abruptly but has very long and gentle north and south trending ridgelines. Few people venture out to climb it.

Vickory Peak from DeseretVickory Mountain

 

Vickory from eastVickory Mountain

Getting There

Take Hwy 73 east out of Lehi or Hwy 36 south out of Tooele. Follow Hwy 199 west through Rush Valley up to Johnson Pass. Park wherever; the ridge could be accessed from any point near the pass.

Vickory Peak from the NE

When to Climb

Any time. Because the paved road over Johnson Pass is plowed and melts out well, the access for Vickory Peak in the winter is possible. The snowshoeing up the south ridge is amazing. Summer scrambles could be done from Hickman Pass trails but I do not know the brush on that route.
 

View south from Vickory Peak
View South
Vickory Peak Ridge
Ridge up Vickory Mountain


 

Vickory Peak views
Vickory South Ridge
Climbing Vickory Peak
Vickory South Ridge

 

Tree on the ridgeTree on ridge

Red Tape

No fees here on National Forest and BLM lands.

Deseret Peak from VickoryDeseret Peak from Vickory Mountain
Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain
Oquirrh Mountains
Oquirrh Mountains

 

 

Clover Spring BLM campground can be found off Highway 199 between Rush Valley and Johnson Pass. There are also some small dirt side roads off the Johnson Pass area that have some hidden camps within the Juniper trees.

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