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The marine and fluvial metasedimentary rocks in the core of the Uinta Mountains are of Neoproterozoic age [3] (between about 700 million and 760 million [4] years old) and consist primarily of quartzite, slate, and shale. These rocks comprise the Uinta Mountain Group, and reach thicknesses of 13,000 to 24,000 feet (4.0 to 7.3 km). Most of the ...
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.
Kings Peak (at right) is the highest summit of the Uinta Mountains, the U.S. State of Utah, and the Western Rocky Mountains. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Utah. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
One of the most prominent features of the Uinta National Forest is the Mount Timpanogos mountain peak, towering over 11,750 feet (3,580 m) above sea level. However, the highest point in the Unita National Forest (as well as the entire Wasatch Range ) is the nearby Mount Nebo at 11,928 feet (3,636 m) above sea level.
Feeling encouraged by their children’s enthusiasm, they went on to hike the Uintas Highline Trail, a remote path through the high country of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah.
Swasey Mountain, (the north section of the House Range) Tavaputs Plateau, (* Roan Cliffs) [7] Traverse Ridge; Thomas Range; Tunnel Springs Mountains; Tushar Mountains; Uinta Mountains; Valley Mountains; Wah Wah Mountains; Wasatch Plateau [8] [9] Wasatch Range; Wellsville Mountains; West Hills (Box Elder County, Utah) West Hills (Juab County, Utah)
Kings Peak is located just south of the spine of the central Uinta Mountains, in the Ashley National Forest in northeastern Utah, in north-central Duchesne County. It lies within the boundaries of the High Uintas Wilderness .
You never forget your first big trip away from home. For Ben Lusty and generations of Boy Scouts, it was at Camp Steiner high up in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. “It was the first time I can ...