National Forest · Utah
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
The Wasatch above Salt Lake & the High Uintas
TypeNational Forest
StateUtah
Best seasonSummer & fall color
Don’t missMirror Lake Highway
The forest at Salt Lake City’s back door — the steep canyons of the Wasatch and, to the east, the High Uintas, Utah’s tallest and only major east-west range. Kings Peak and a thousand alpine lakes hide up top.
What to see
- Mirror Lake Highway
- High Uintas & Kings Peak
- Little Cottonwood Canyon
- Mount Timpanogos
- Albion Basin wildflowers
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