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La Sal, La Sal Mtns — Utah

93% public across 1,585,846 ac. Road access is easy — only 8% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Black bear draw odds (4)Deer draw odds (5)Elk draw odds (10)Mountain goat draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,870–12,660 ft

elevation range

93%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

1,434 ac

landlocked public

1.52

road miles per mi²

3,926 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

20 limited-entry black bear, deer, elk and mountain goat hunts are drawn on Unit 617: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

Deer tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 10 draw hunts (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 black bear →Draw odds for Utah deer →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

■ BLM 59%■ NPS 14%■ SLB 11%■ Other public 8%□ Private 7%

Unit area1,585,846 ac

Public land1,474,188 ac (93%)

Landlocked public1,434 ac (0.1%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,759 mi

Maintained trails3,926 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road122,139 ac (8% of public)

Road density1.52 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 941k ac · NPS 220k ac · SLB 179k ac

Elevation3,870–12,660 ft

Median elevation5,000 ft

Median slope5°

Where the ground sits

3,870 ft12,660 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%

E 22%

S 24%

W 27%

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

39,475 ac of this unit has burned — 2% 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 GRAND JUNCTION REGIONAL AIRPORT, 104 km from the unit’s center. 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

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