Lower Red Castle Lake via East Fork Smiths Fork
9.6 mi
Distance
5 hrs 28 min
Time
terrain
1,325 ft
Elev Gain
Overview
This is a difficult one way trail to Lower Red Castle Lake in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Rate this Hike
★★★★★
So beautiful, had a moose come through our campsite! The lake was a little smaller than we had anticipated, but the scenery was beautiful, and the trail was well maintained and relatively flat except when we took a detour to lake hessie. That had a good amount of uphill, but the lake there was sooo gorgeous too! Definitely recommend hitting both if you’re going for a couple days.
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Public Tracks
RED CASTLE TRIP
day 1 (4mi) - china to hessie intersection
day 2 (6mi) - to lower red
day 3 - layover (opt 4mi hike to upper red)
day 4 - 3 opts: layover vs intersection (6) vs hessie (8)
day 5 (10 vs 4 vs 6) - back to china
