High Uintas (Red Castle - Kings Peak)

High Uintas (Red Castle - Kings Peak)

Day 1 - China Meadows to Lower Red Castle.
Day 2 - Lower Red Castle to Yellowstone Creek.
Day 3 - Yellowstone Creek to Kings Peak summit to Bear Lake.
Day 4 - Bear Lake to China Meadows.

Author:	bap_ut
Date:	30 Aug 2009 2:18:45 PM
Activity:	Backpacking ActivitySearchBackpacking
State:	Utah (UT)
Distance:	35.79 mi (Change units)
Average Speed:	1.3 mph 0:44:48/mi
Duration:	1d 2:43:50
Elevation:	Total Gain: 9038 ft Total Loss: 9025 ft Net Change: 13 ft
Difficulty:	8 / 10
Tags:	Utah, Salt Lake City
Rating:	Unrated Rate it

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Tracks

Day 1 - China Meadows to Lower Red Castle

Dist: 10.04 mi	Points: 2013	Calories: none
Time: 7:45:57	Speed: 1.3 mph	Pace: 46:23 / mi

China Meadows to Lower Red Castle Lake

Day 2 - Part 1

Dist: 4.74 mi	Points: 1017	Calories: none
Time: 4:10:59	Speed: 1.1 mph	Pace: 52:56 / mi

Day 2 - Part 3

Dist: 1.11 mi	Points: 377	Calories: none
Time: 1:13:06	Speed: 0.9 mph	Pace: 1:05:45 / mi

Day 3 - Part 1

Dist: 2.95 mi	Points: 619	Calories: none
Time: 2:32:06	Speed: 1.2 mph	Pace: 51:38 / mi

Day 3 - Part 2

Dist: 8.76 mi	Points: 2840	Calories: none
Time: 7:11:13	Speed: 1.2 mph	Pace: 49:13 / mi

Day 4

Dist: 7.19 mi	Points: 1818	Calories: none
Time: 3:50:29	Speed: 1.9 mph	Pace: 32:04 / mi

Day 2 - Part 2

Dist: 1.00 mi	Points: 74	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Points of Interest

First view of Red Castle

Location: 40.837223°, -110.461328°
Crossing the bridge over the East Fork Smiths Fork River

Red Castle Peak

Location: 40.812218°, -110.465834°
View of Red Castle Peak from Lower Red Castle Lake

Red Castle Peak

Location: 40.821994°, -110.466263°
Crossing the bridge over the East Fork Smith Fork River on the Smith Fork Pass Trail

Smiths Fork Pass Lake

Location: 40.786975°, -110.442338°
View down Smiths Fork Pass to the North

Anderson Pass - Kings Peak

Location: 40.766437°, -110.414701°
Anderson Pass and Kings Peak (to the right of the pass) from the intersection of the High Line Trail and Yellowstone Creek. Note the rain falling in the basin.

Yellowstone Creek Falls

Location: 40.767152°, -110.414829°
Two Falls on Yellowstone Creek below their un-named source lake.

Deer at Yellowstone Creek

Location: 40.766177°, -110.414271°
This deer circled our camp several times. Seems we made a friend. It also came back and was eating right next to our tents at just after we went to bed (assuming it was the same deer).