- Mount Zirkel Wilderness
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Mount Zirkel Wilderness IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location Jackson / Routt counties, Colorado, USA Nearest city Steamboat Springs, CO Coordinates 40°44′53″N 106°41′42″W / 40.74806°N 106.695°WCoordinates: 40°44′53″N 106°41′42″W / 40.74806°N 106.695°W Area 159,935 acres (647 km2) Established January 1, 1980 Governing body U.S. Forest Service The Mount Zirkel Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in Routt National Forest in northwest Colorado. The closest city is Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The wilderness is named after Mount Zirkel, the highest peak in the range, which itself is named after German geologist Ferdinand Zirkel.
Some areas within the wilderness display bedrock composed of metamorphic schists with large garnet crystals.
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- Protected areas of Jackson County, Colorado
- Protected areas of Routt County, Colorado
- Wilderness Areas of Colorado
- Protected areas established in 1980
- Colorado geography stubs
- Colorado protected area stubs
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