Wasatch Range



The Wasatch Range or Wasatch Range1  is a mountain range that extends approximately 260 kilometers from the border of the states of Utah and Idaho south through central Utah, in the western part of the United States. States of America. It is generally considered the western edge of the Great Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. The northern part of the Wasatch Range, the Bear River Mountains, straddle Idaho, constituting the entire Wasatch Range in that state.

According to the Encyclopedia of Utah History, Wasatch in the language of the Ute tribe means "mountain pass" or "low pass over the great mountain range."

Mount Nebo, its highest peak, is located on the southern edge of the range. Here the topographic or geological province Wasatch Rocky Mountain begins to extend into the central part of the Great Basin in Utah and the Colorado Plateau, two other huge topographical provinces that cover the rest of the state of Utah and extend into the contiguous states. The Colorado Plateau reaches its northwest corner when it meets the southern end of the Utah Rockies. Immediately west of both, the province of Cuenca and Cordillera2 begins and stretches west through Utah and Nevada until it reaches the Reno-Lake Tahoe region, where the Great Basin ends and the Sierra Nevada begins
In addition to world-class ski resorts, the Wasatch Range is also home to a multitude of other outdoor activities. Hundreds of miles of hiking and mountain biking trails traverse the canyons and alpine valleys of the Wasatch, providing access to mountainous areas within a short distance of a large metropolitan area.
Fans of the outdoors can also find world-class rock climbing and mountaineering on tall granite towers and quartzite peaks and in many of the surrounding canyons. Winter tourism includes excellent ski slopes without a lift and ski touring.

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