Top Mountains in Utah

Utah's mountains are diverse — the Wasatch Range rising directly behind Salt Lake City, the remote Uinta Range (the only major American range running east-west), the canyon country plateaus, and the La Sal Mountains rising from the red rock desert near Moab.

Kings Peak (13,528 ft)
The highest point in Utah, located in the Uinta Range in northeastern Utah. The Uintas are unusual for running east-west (most US ranges run north-south) and for being the highest range between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. The standard approach to Kings Peak is via the Henry's Fork trailhead — a 28-mile round trip gaining 5,000 feet. The high-altitude terrain of the Uintas is wide, glacially smoothed, and completely different in character from the canyon country.

Mount Nebo (11,928 ft)
The highest peak in the Wasatch Range, visible from much of central Utah. Located in the Mount Nebo Wilderness south of Payson. The North and South summits are connected by a knife-edge ridge traverse. The Mount Nebo Scenic Byway provides road access to trailheads on the mountain's flanks.

Mount Timpanogos (11,749 ft)
The most-climbed high peak in Utah and one of the most accessible — the 14.5-mile round-trip Timpooneke Trail gains 4,500 feet to the summit. Timpanogos is the dominant mountain visible from much of the northern Wasatch Front. Timpanogos Cave National Monument (marble caves accessible by trail) is located on its lower slopes.

Mount Ellen (11,522 ft)
The highest point in the Henry Mountains south of Hanksville — a small isolated range of laccolith origin (granite domes that pushed up through the sedimentary plateau). The Henry Mountains is the last range explored and named in the lower 48. A herd of free-roaming bison (descendants of animals brought from Yellowstone in 1941) lives in the range.

La Sal Mountains (12,721 ft at Mount Peale)
Rising 7,000 feet directly above the red rock canyon country of Moab, the La Sals create a dramatic juxtaposition of snowy alpine terrain and desert canyon. The La Sal Mountain Loop Road provides access to trailheads and forest scenery.