Sugarloaf Mountain is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Alta Ski Area in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,250 feet (686 meters) above American Fork Canyon in one mile (1.6 km).

This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[2] Sugarloaf Mountain has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.

[4] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.