High Uintas Wilderness
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Mirror Lake Highway is closed in the winter, usually opening annually near Memorial Day. Winter access is allowed for snowmobiling (though snowmobiling is not allowed within the Wilderness Area), cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing.
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In popular culture
Despite being filmed in Canada, the area is specifically referred to in, and the setting for most of, the 2017 film The Mountain Between Us.
Climate
There is a SNOTEL weather station near Brown Duck Lake, in the southeast of the High Uintas Wilderness. Brown Duck has a subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc). Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
See also
- Ashley National Forest
- Uinta Highline Trail
- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
- National Wilderness Preservation System
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Wilderness Act
References
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Further reading
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- Lynna P. Howard, Utah's Wilderness Areas: The Complete Guide (Westcliffe Publishers, 2005) Template:ISBN
- Bill Cunningham & Polly Burke, Wild Utah: A Guide to 45 Roadless Recreation Areas (Falcon Publishing, 1998) Template:ISBN
- Jeffrey Probst & Brad Probst, High Uintas Backcountry: A Guide and Trip Planner (Outland Publishing, 1996) Template:ISBN
- Mel Davis & John Veranth, High Uinta Trails (Wasatch Publishers, 1993) Template:ISBN
- Philip L. Fradkin, Sagebrush Country: Land and the American West (The University of Arizona Press, 1989) Template:ISBN
- Arave, Lynn, High Uintas Wilderness (Images of America) (Arcadia Publishing, 2024) Template:ISBN
External links
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- Ashley National Forest
- Features of the Uinta Mountains
- IUCN Category Ib
- Protected areas of Duchesne County, Utah
- Protected areas of Summit County, Utah
- Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Wilderness areas of Utah
- Protected areas established in 1984
- 1984 establishments in Utah