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Wasatch Mtns, Box Elder Peak — Utah

62% public across 50,607 ac. Real backcountry here — 37% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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

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4,640–11,260 ft

elevation range

62%

public land

37%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

3.24

road miles per mi²

539 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

2 limited-entry elk and mountain goat hunts are drawn on Unit 225: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 nonresident

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 elk →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 60%■ CITY 1%□ Private 38%

Unit area50,607 ac

Public land31,131 ac (62%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)256 mi

Maintained trails539 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road11,466 ac (37% of public)

Road density3.24 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 30k ac · CITY 1k ac

Elevation4,640–11,260 ft

Median elevation7,460 ft

Median slope21°

Where the ground sits

4,640 ft11,260 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 9%

E 25%

S 42%

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

3,786 ac of this unit has burned — 7% 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 SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 37 km from the unit’s center and ~3,200 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)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

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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