Flake Mountain, Rugged Ragged and Remote

Flake Mountain sits resolutely in the cold winter dusk. Surrounded by the frozen Dixie National Forest, it sits on the Sevier Plateau towering above John's Valley near the Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a couple of miles north of the Bryce Canyon Airport where I always stop to refuel when I am shooting in the area.   

Flake Mountain is a 8,048 ft / 2,453 m mountain peak near Panguitch, Utah, United States. This mountain is the 789th highest mountain in Utah and the 9,471st highest mountain in the United States.  

This area was a seasonal high elevation hunting ground for the Southern Paiute First Nations Tribes. The Paunsaugunt and Sevier Plateaus were used for seasonal hunting and gathering activities, but there is no evidence of any long term permanent settlements. 

This is from "Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition" my personal project of exploration in the North American Wilderness.    

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