Ben Lomond Mountain, Mountain summit in Weber County, Utah, United States
Ben Lomond is a peak in the northern Wasatch Mountains just north of Ogden, Utah, reaching 9,716 feet (2,961 m). Its upper slopes are bare gray and bluish rock cut by vertical gullies and ridgelines, with darker vegetated slopes below. The massif appears to run east and west, unlike most of the range, and the USGS labels it simply Ben Lomond on its maps.
Ben Lomond was named after Ben Lomond in the Scottish Highlands. An article in the Ogden Standard-Examiner of November 15, 1930, credits Robert Montgomery, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, with naming the mountain. The prefix Ben means mount in Scottish Gaelic, so the name is not preceded by "Mount".
The name comes from Ben Lomond in the Scottish Highlands; the Ogden Forest Service credited Robert Montgomery of Glasgow with naming it, as reported in the Standard-Examiner on November 15, 1930. The prefix Ben means mount in Gaelic, so "Mount Ben Lomond" is a redundancy. The USGS labels the peak simply Ben Lomond on its maps.
Four trailheads give access to the summit from the north, south and east; the North Ogden Pass trailhead lies about 9 miles (14 km) from the top. A hiking and biking route runs from Inspiration Point over the summit and east to that pass. The dirt road from Mantua to Inspiration Point, 14 miles (23 km) long, is usually not passable until July because deep snow lingers on the northern exposure.
Paramount co-founder William W. Hodkinson, a native of the Ogden area, allegedly sketched the studio's first logo on a napkin during a 1914 meeting: Ben Lomond drawn from memory, ringed by stars that later became a partial circle. The claim is possible rather than proven, and the peak's name itself is a redundancy, since Ben means mount.
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