Bridger Jack Butte

[3] This landmark is situated four miles southeast of the Sixshooter Peaks, and is visible from State Route 211 between Newspaper Rock and the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park.

[4] Bridger Jack Butte is composed of hard, fine-grained Wingate Sandstone, the petrified remains of wind-borne sand dunes deposited approximately 200 million years ago in the Late Triassic.

[6] Precipitation runoff drains into nearby Indian Creek, which is part of the Colorado River drainage basin.

The first ascent of Bridger Jack Butte was made June 12, 1983, by Ed Webster, Leonard Coyne, and Ellen Figi, via the Wild Flower route.

[9] This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light and transient during the winter.