Y Mountain

Y Mountain is a mountain found straightforwardly east of Brigham Young University BYU in Provo, Utah, United States. The Slide Canyon, or Y Mountain Trail, prompts an expansive square Y found 1.06 miles 1.71 km from a stopping region at the mountain's base with a rise pick up of 1,074 feet 327 m. This slope letter was worked over a hundred years prior as the emblem for BYU. For a considerable length of time, the trail to the Y has been a standout amongst the most climbed trails in Utah Valley and gives a picturesque perspective of Provo and Orem, whatever is left of the numerous urban areas in Utah Valley and Utah Lake.

The trail is additionally routinely utilized by climbers, bikers, paragliders, and seekers to get to the backwoods in the Slide Canyon area. The extensive white Y in favor of the mountain has turned into the broadly perceived emblem for BYU and the motivation behind why BYU is regularly called "the Y". It is made of shake, with a solid holding divider made in 1908 and is 380 feet high and 130 feet wide 116 by 40 m. The Y is bigger than the letters of the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles.