Talk:Wellsville Mountains

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[edit] Steepest mountains?

I've found no confirmation of these mountains being regarded as the steepest in the world. In fact, Guinness claims that the steepest in the USis the northwest face of Half Dome in California. Grutness...wha? 01:07, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Some help on the matter?

I live in Logan, UT (I see the Wellsville Mountains out my front window). This is hardly irrefutable proof, I suppose, but an informational "point of interest" monument is maintained by the state of Utah at an Interstate 15 rest stop just outside of Brigham City, UT, (on the other side of the Wellsville Mountains from Logan). It specifically says the Wellsville Mountains are the steepest mountain *range* in the world. Note that I emphasized the specific word "range." This may be necessary to make the point accurate.

Maybe a local Utah State University professor in geology or natural resources -- someone surely familiar with this claim -- could assist in verifying this through some academic resource?

Here is an interesting site (hosted somewhere at Utah State Univ) stating that the mountains may have been listed at one time in the Guiness Book of World Records.

"Looking west across Cache Valley, one sees the Wellsville Mountains (Image). The Wellsville Mountains were reportedly listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the "steepest" mountain range on earth ("steepest" being defined as height divided by width, more accurately, they are one of the narrowest mountain ranges on earth)." http://cc.usu.edu/~sharohl/ft3.html

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