Kings Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Kings Peak | Photo = Kings Peak Close Up.jpg
Caption = Close-up of Kings Peak as seen from the Henry's Fork Basin. Kings Peak is on the right, with Gunsight Pass on the left.
Elevation = convert|13528|ft|m|0 [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5507 Kings Peak] on Peakbagger] [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150376/kings-peak.html Kings Peak] on SummitPost.org]
Location = Utah, USA
Range = Uinta Mountains
Prominence = 1,935m
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Topographic
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Listing = Ultra
U.S. state high point
Easiest route = Hike

:"For the mountain in Idaho, see Kings Peak (Idaho)."Kings Peak is the highest peak in the U.S. state of Utah. It lies just south of the spine of the central Uinta Mountains, in the Ashley National Forest in northeastern Utah, in north-central Duchesne County. It is also located in the High Uintas Wilderness. The peak is approximately mi to km|79 due east of central Salt Lake City, and mi to km|45 due north of the town of Duchesne.

There are three popular routes to the mountain top; a scramble up the east slope, a hike up the northern ridge, and a long but relatively easy hike up the southern slope. The peak was named for Clarence King, a surveyor in the area.

ee also

*4000 meter peaks of North America
*List of U.S. states by elevation
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States
*Western Rocky Mountains

References

* Michael R. Kelsey, "Utah Mountaineering Guide" (Kelsey Publishing, 1983) pp. 94-95

External links

* [http://unh.edu/esci/utah.html Geology of Kings Peak]