Spread Eagle Peak in the Wasatch Wilderness

These are the Uinta Mountains to the east of Salt Lake City Utah and on the border of the First Nations Uintah-Ouray Reservation. Part of the Wasatch National Forest, these are rugged mountains and are an east-west trending range that dips slightly into southern Wyoming. As a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west.

In the immediate foreground to the right is Hayden Peak and on the left is the A-1 Peak overlooking West Basin. In the distance lies Amethyst Basin and Lamotte Peak. And the towering ridge and peak to the slight right middle in this image is called Spread Eagle Peak.

This image is one of my rare photos taken in the middle of the day as I usually avoid shooting in the bright sunlight due to the wash out effect it has on camera sensors and lens. But with the clouds occluding the sunlight and casting a dramatic and warm glow over the landscape I felt this was a scene worthy of lensing!

These are the traditional homelands of the First Nations Ute Tribes from which the state name of Utah is derived.  The Utes have a tribal membership of 2,970 and over half of its membership lives on the Reservation. They operate their own tribal government and oversee approximately 1.3 million acres. (Research Source)

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This image is from my ongoing project in which I am trying to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.  

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us.  

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