The High Uintas Wilderness / j uː ˈ ɪ n t ə z / is a wilderness area located in northeastern Utah , United States . The wilderness covers the Uinta Mountains , encompassing parts of Duchesne and Summit counties. Designated as a wilderness in 1984, the area is located within parts of Ashley National Forest and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest , managed by the U.S. Forest Service . The highest peak in Utah, Kings Peak , lies within the wilderness area along with some of Utah's highest peaks, particularly those over 13,000 feet (4,000 meters).
8-652: Red Castle or Redcastle may refer to: Red Castle (Utah) , a mountain in Utah, USA Red Castle of Tripoli , Libya Red Castle Museum Red Castle, Angus , Scotland at Lunan Bay Redcastle , Highland, Scotland on the Black Isle in what was Easter Ross Redcastle, County Donegal , a small village in County Donegal, Ireland Red Castle, Vsevolozhsk [ ru ] , Russia Red Castle, Shropshire ,
16-823: A ruin at Hawkstone Park, near Weston-under-Redcastle, Shropshire, England Redcastle, New Zealand , suburb of Oamaru See also [ edit ] Red Fort , Delhi Agra Fort , also known as the Red Fort Château Rouge in Belgium Château-Rouge in Moselle, France Château Rouge (Paris Métro) Rotenburg (disambiguation) , meaning Red Castle in German Akagi (disambiguation) , meaning Red Castle in Japanese Kastellorizo , whose name may come from
24-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red Castle (Utah) Red Castle is a 12,676-foot-elevation (3,864-meter) mountain summit in Summit County , Utah , United States. Red Castle is set within the High Uintas Wilderness on land managed by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest . It is situated on a spur along the crest of
32-672: Is not allowed within the Wilderness Area), cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. Despite being filmed in Canada, the area is specifically referred to in, and the setting for most of, the 2017 film The Mountain Between Us . There is a SNOTEL weather station near Brown Duck Lake, in the southeast of the High Uintas Wilderness. Brown Duck has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ). This article about
40-482: The U.S. Board on Geographic Names . Based on the Köppen climate classification , Red Castle is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers. Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes. High Uintas Wilderness Mirror Lake Highway is closed in the winter, usually opening annually near Memorial Day. Winter access is allowed for snowmobiling (though snowmobiling
48-748: The Uinta Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains , and it ranks as the 36th-highest summit in Utah. It is one of the most distinct and photogenic landforms in the Uinta Mountains, and it is considered the crown jewel of the range. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,500 feet (457 meters) above East Red Castle Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains north to Smiths Fork → Blacks Fork → Green River . The mountain's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by
56-653: The Italian castello rosso La Muralla Roja , a housing complex in Spain Castell Coch , a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above an older castle at Tongwynlais in South Wales St Kevin's College, Oamaru , also called Redcastle Kellereischloss , Bavaria, Germany, also known as Red Castle (German: Rotes Schloss ) Waldsteinburg , Bavaria, Germany, also known as Red Castle (German: Rotes Schloss ) Topics referred to by
64-549: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Red Castle . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_Castle&oldid=1255251816 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Italian-language text Articles containing German-language text Short description
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