The Highline Trail is a trail in the Uinta Mountain Range

Uinta Mountains

The Uinta Mountains are a high chain of mountains in northeastern Utah and extreme northwestern Colorado in the United States. A subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west, and lie approximately east of Salt...

 of Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 that crosses the range from the east to the west. The trail, sometimes called the Uinta Highline Trail, is 78 miles (125.5 km) long and follows the crest of the Uintas. Much of the trail is located in the High Uintas Wilderness

High Uintas Wilderness

The High Uintas Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northeastern Utah, United States. The wilderness covers the Uinta Mountains, encompassing parts of Duchesne and Summit counties. Designated as a wilderness in 1984, the area is located within parts of Ashley National Forest and Wasatch...

. Its two endpoints are on the west, Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake

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 on the Mirror Lake Highway, and on the east, Forest Service Road 043, northwest of Vernal. Much of the trail is above 10000 feet (3,048 m) and the tree line.

External links

• http://www.backpacker.com/march-2010-central-rockies-highline-trail-ut/destinations/13814