Mountain of Mystery is a 6,565-foot (2,001 m) Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States.
[4] Mountain of Mystery is situated above The Narrows, towering over 2,100 feet (640 meters) above the floor of Zion Canyon and the North Fork Virgin River which drains precipitation runoff from this mountain.
[4] The first ascent via the Northeast Buttress was made 15 September 2001, by Brian Cabe and Tom Jones.
According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below 32 °F (0 °C), and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer.
This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.