Uinta Mountains Travel Information
The Uintas are Utah's tallest mountain range with almost a dozen peaks
exceeding
13,000 feet. The Uinta Mountains offer beautiful alpine forest
scenery, grassy
meadows, cold clear streams and thousands of alpine lakes. Scores of
trails
meander through the woods providing hiking and horseback riding
opportunities
and, in certain areas, mountain biking. Camping opportunities are
plentiful
both at designated forest service sites and at dispersed sites
throughout the
range. Fishing in the periodically stock lakes can be sensational.
In winter,
cross-country skiers and (in some areas) snowmobiles take over.
The Uinta Mountains run east to west just south of the Wyoming/Utah
border
for 100 miles from Flaming Gorge to Kamas. They cover an area of
3,500 square
miles. The center of the range is the officially designated High
Uintas Wilderness
Area, within which no motor vehicles, bikes or permanent structures
are permitted.
Though the wilderness area contains all of the highest peaks, areas
of equal
beauty lie outside its boundaries.
Hwy 150 cuts through the western edge of the range and provides a
pleasant
scenic drive as does Hwy 191 on the eastern side. Numerous
trailheads depart
from near 150 and from the numerous smaller roads that penetrate the
range.
The western Uintas proximity to population centers of the Wasatch
Front (Salt
Lake City, Provo and Ogden) often result in crowded conditions on
weekends at
the most easily accessed portions. The rest of the range is decidely
less crowded. View
Area Map.
To learn more about the Uinta Mountains, select a topic of interest
from the
left-hand column.
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