Brady Peak

Brady Peak is an 8,121-foot (2,475 m)-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.[3] It is situated one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the Vista Encantada viewpoint on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers 4,800 feet (1,500 m) above the bottom of Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Hayden, two miles (3.2 km) to the north, Kibbey Butte is one mile to northwest, and Alsap Butte lies one mile to the northeast.[1] Brady Peak is named after Peter Rainsford Brady (1825–1902), a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory.[3] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[3] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Brady Peak is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.[4]

Brady Peak
Southwest aspect, from Vista Encantada
Highest point
Elevation8,121 ft (2,475 m)[1]
Prominence481 ft (147 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Hayden (8,362 ft)[2]
Isolation2.07 mi (3.33 km)[2]
Coordinates36°14′34″N 111°57′49″W[3]
Naming
EtymologyPeter Rainsford Brady
Geography
Brady Peak is located in Arizona
Brady Peak
Brady Peak
Location in Arizona
Brady Peak is located in the United States
Brady Peak
Brady Peak
Brady Peak (the United States)
LocationGrand Canyon National Park
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent rangeKaibab Plateau[1]
Colorado Plateau
Topo mapUSGS Walhalla Plateau
Geology
Age of rockPermian
Type of rockCoconino Sandstone, Hermit Shale
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 5.2 climbing[2]

Geology

The summit spire of Brady Peak is composed of cream-colored Permian Coconino Sandstone.[5] 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.

See also
Aerial view from the north-northeast
(On horizon: East flank of Walhalla Plateau (Kaibab Plateau))

References
  1. "Brady Peak, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. "Brady Peak – 8,121' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  3. "Brady Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. 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.
  5. William Kenneth Hamblin, Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 9781934656013.
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