The High Uintas Wilderness Area is located within the Ashley National Forest. The Uinta Mountains are geographically unique as the highest mountain range in Utah. Other than the Brooks Range in Alaska, they are the most prominent east-west range in the United States. Their pre-Cambrian rocks are over 600 million years old. These ancient rocks were elevated by tremendous pressure to form nearly vertical faults. Parent rocks are primarily quartzite with sandstones and shale beds.

The crest of the range is a high, narrow ridge more than 60 miles long and rarely more than a mile wide at its base, extending from Hayden Peak on the west to Leidy Peak on the east. Secondary ridges, as high or higher than the main divide, extend north and south from the main ridge. Below the main ridges, the range is divided into numerous alpine basins, dotted with picturesque lakes and meadows. Rivers descend from the basins into glacially carved, "U" shaped canyons. The High Uintas furnish summer habitat for moose, elk, and deer. A variety of mammals, fish, birds, and a few reptiles and amphibians live in the area.

• Go for a hike through the forest: about one half the area is forested. Coniferous trees (lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, Douglas-fir, subalpine fir) occur in large continuous stands on lower slopes.
• For a walk through bountiful wildflowers take the Grizzly Ridge Loop Trail.