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 Northern
Utah features two impressive
mountain ranges, the Wasatch and Uintas. The Wasatch
Mountains offer Utah's best
snow skiing, and good hiking and mountain biking opportunities.
Along the western edge of the range -- called the Wasatch Front
-- reside over 80% of Utah's total population and most of its major
cities, including Salt
Lake City. With a metro-area
population of over 1,000,000, Salt Lake is a good-sized, clean,
modern city boasting a fine night life, cultural activities and
the Mormon's magnificent Temple Square.
The rugged Uintas
are Utah's tallest mountain range. Most of the range is a protected
wilderness area offering good backcountry hiking and camping. Just
east of the range are two noteworthy scenic national monuments,
Flaming
Gorge and Dinosaur.
 Central
Utah is not much visited,
but offers some good scenery. It encompasses very rugged and remote
areas of the Colorado Plateau and some pretty mountain regions.
Of special note is the San
Rafael Swell, a wild and
inhospitable area on the Colorado Plateau, and the often overlooked
Tushar
Mountains just east of the
town of Beaver.
 Southeast
Utah is an area of tremendous
red rock canyons and magnificent rock formations in the heart of
the Colorado Plateau. Its starkly beautiful desert landscape offers
some of the best scenery in the country. It contains magnificent
Arches
and Canyonlands
national parks and the desert recreation mecca of Moab.
You'll find excellent opportunities for mountain biking, hiking,
4wd adventuring and whitewater rafting.
 Southwest
Utah contains some of the
prettiest land in the state as the desert red rock landscape of
the Colorado Plateau steps up to the lofty alpine forests of the
Markagunt
Plateau and other ranges.
Famous Zion
National Park with its towering
canyon walls and Bryce
Canyon with its wonderful
eroded rock forms are located here, as well as Lake
Powell, a blue jewel in the
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