Sawtooth Mountain (Utah)

Sawtooth Mountain is a 9600. ft mountain summit in Millard County, Utah, United States.

Description
Sawtooth Mountain is part of the House Range which is a subrange of the Great Basin Ranges. The remote massif is set within the Notch Peak Wilderness Study Area on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Slopes of the mountain are covered with pinyon–juniper, sagebrush-horsebrush, white fir, bristlecone pine, ponderosa pine, and aspen. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 4000 ft above Tule Valley in two miles. This landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1961 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Climate
Sawtooth Mountain is set within the Great Basin Desert which has hot summers and cold winters. The desert is an example of a cold desert climate as the desert's elevation makes temperatures cooler than lower elevation deserts. Due to the high elevation and aridity, temperatures drop sharply after sunset. Summer nights are comfortably cool. Winter highs are generally above freezing, and winter nights are bitterly cold, with temperatures often dropping well below freezing.