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North Slope, Summit/West Daggett — Utah

88% public across 639,864 ac. Real backcountry here — 44% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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6,030–13,430 ft

elevation range

88%

public land

44%

of public >1 mi from a road

359 ac

landlocked public

1.00

road miles per mi²

872 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

One limited-entry bighorn sheep hunt is drawn on Unit 143: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$574.00 resident · $4,009.00 nonresident

Plus: Utah 365-day hunting license$40.00 resident · $144.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations

2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) ↗

UDWR licenses ↗Draw odds for Utah bighorn sheep →How the Utah draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 2026, verified 2026-08-12 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a unit that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) · Utah Admin. Code R657-62-8 — bonus points, 50% reservation · UDWR licenses.

Land & access

■ USFS 84%■ SLB 3%■ SFW 0%□ Private 12%

Unit area639,864 ac

Public land561,204 ac (88%)

Landlocked public359 ac (0.1%)

Walk-in access238 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,004 mi

Maintained trails872 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road246,987 ac (44% of public)

Road density1.00 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 539k ac · SLB 22k ac · SFW 0k ac

Elevation6,030–13,430 ft

Median elevation9,560 ft

Median slope8°

Where the ground sits

6,030 ft13,430 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 37%

E 26%

S 12%

W 24%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

24,090 ac of this unit has burned — 4% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at EVAN-UINTA CO BURNS FLD AP, 80 km from the unit’s center and ~2,400 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
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Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

North Slope · Unit 61289% public · 38% remote High Uintas East · Unit 146100% public · 51% remote High Uintas Central · Unit 145100% public · 67% remote North Slope, Summit · Unit 13889% public · 57% remote North Slope, West Daggett · Unit 14286% public · 23% remote Yellowstone · Unit 61350% public · 57% remote

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