Red Castle (Utah)
{{Short description|Mountain summit in Summit County, Utah}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Red Castle
| photo = Red Castle in the Uinta Mountains extact.jpg
| photo_caption = West aspect
| elevation_ft = 12676
| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/18010|title=Red Castle - 12,676' UT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-06-02}}
| prominence_ft = 457
| isolation_mi = 0.52
| isolation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=5495|name=Red Castle, Utah|access-date=2024-06-02}}
| parent_peak = South Red Castle (12,829 ft)
| etymology =
| map = Utah#USA
| map_caption = Location in Utah
| label_position = top
| map_size = 240
|part_type = Protected area | part = High Uintas Wilderness
| country = United States of America
| state = Utah
| region = Summit
| region_type = County
| coordinates = {{coord|40.7983014|N|110.4658523|W|type:mountain_region:US-UT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1444781|name=Red Castle|access-date=2024-06-02}}
| range = Uinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
| rock = Metasedimentary rock
| age = Neoproterozoic
| topo = USGS Mount Powell
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = {{YDS|4}} scrambling
}}
Red Castle is a {{convert|12676|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Summit County, Utah, United States.
Description
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 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,Brett Prettyman, Hiking Utah's High Uintas: A Guide to the Region's Greatest Hikes, 2015, Rowman & Littlefield, {{ISBN|9781493015122}}, p. 206. and it is considered the crown jewel of the range.Wallace R. Hansen, The Geologic Story of the Uinta Mountains, U.S. Geological Survey, 1969, p. 25. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1500.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} 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 the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Red Castle is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }} Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.
See also
References
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External links
- Red Castle: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5780224/United%20States/Utah/Summit/Red%20Castle weather forecast]
- Red Castle (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/utahimages/6851293417/in/dateposted/ Flickr]
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{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Red Castle
| North = Smiths Fork
| Northeast = Flat Top Mountain
| East = Mount Powell
| Southeast = Smiths Fork Pass
| South = Wilson Peak
| Southwest = Red Castle Lake
| West = Mount Lovenia
| Northwest = Moose Peak
}}
Category:Features of the Uinta Mountains
Category:Mountains of Summit County, Utah