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Uinta Mountains

American  
[yoo-in-tuh] / juˈɪn tə /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in NE Utah, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Kings Peak, 13,498 feet (4,115 meters).


Uinta Mountains British  
/ jʊˈɪntə /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in NE Utah: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Kings Peak, 4123 m (13 528 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He used Facebook to advertise guided hikes in Utah’s Uinta Mountains.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

Schmidt purchased a $1.4 million “Mountain Modern” custom home in Kamas, Utah, with five bedrooms, seven baths and a “stunning” view of the Uinta Mountains, according to property records and real estate listings.

From Seattle Times Feb. 11, 2021

On any given weeknight, they travel back and forth across the pitch-black basin situated below the snow-capped Uinta Mountains providing much-needed aid.

From National Geographic Dec. 30, 2020

The Wasatch Range doesn’t have the sort of hut system that skiers find in other parts of Utah, but there are yurts in the Uinta Mountains, the highest range in the state.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2020

The Uinta Mountains are carved out of the great plateau which extends more than two hundred miles to the eastward of the summit of the Wasatch Range.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

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