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High Uintas West — Utah

99% public across 431,102 ac. Real backcountry here — 51% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Mountain goat draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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7,050–13,210 ft

elevation range

99%

public land

51%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.85

road miles per mi²

649 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 mountain goat hunt is drawn on Unit 148: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Mountain goat tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 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 mountain goat →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 99%□ Private 1%

Unit area431,102 ac

Public land427,704 ac (99%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)576 mi

Maintained trails649 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road220,013 ac (51% of public)

Road density0.85 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 428k ac

Elevation7,050–13,210 ft

Median elevation10,040 ft

Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

7,050 ft13,210 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 27%

S 24%

W 29%

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

124,810 ac of this unit has burned — 29% 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, 71 km from the unit’s center and ~2,900 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.

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