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Wasatch Mtns/Central Mtns — Utah

62% public across 4,409,114 ac. Road access is easy — only 11% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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

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4,230–11,560 ft

elevation range

62%

public land

11%

of public >1 mi from a road

10,883 ac

landlocked public

1.92

road miles per mi²

11,542 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 moose hunt is drawn on Unit 743: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Moose 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 moose →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 43%■ BLM 8%■ SFW 5%■ Other public 6%□ Private 38%

Unit area4,409,114 ac

Public land2,741,010 ac (62%)

Landlocked public10,883 ac (0.4%)

Walk-in access2,061 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)13,255 mi

Maintained trails11,542 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road292,612 ac (11% of public)

Road density1.92 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 1899k ac · BLM 369k ac · SFW 230k ac

Elevation4,230–11,560 ft

Median elevation7,380 ft

Median slope13°

Where the ground sits

4,230 ft11,560 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%

E 26%

S 23%

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 400 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

510,930 ac of this unit has burned — 12% 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, 121 km from the unit’s center and ~3,100 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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