The Uinta Mountains east of Salt Lake City are filled with several small lakes. Often in the morning and evening, when the air is calm, there are simply stunning reflections produced by the glass smooth surface of the lake waters of surrounding trees, mountains and sky in this high alpine area.
The Uinta mountain range is the only East-West mountain range in the US. It extends for 150 miles along the southern border of Wyoming with Utah. The range contains all of the peaks in Utah above 13,000 feet including Kings Peak, the highest elevation in Utah. The Uinta's differ from the Wasatch mountain range just east of Salt lake City and Provo Utah. Salt Lake City rests at an elevation of 4200 feet and the Wasatch mountain peak at around 11,500 feet. Consequently, the Wasatch range is spectacular as viewed from the west. The peaks rise over 7000 feet from the valley floor!
The peaks in the Uinta's are higher than those of the Wasatch mountains, but they rise only about 3,000 feet from the surrounding 9,000 to 10,000 ft high alpine 'Basins'. Spring comes late and everything remains green for the entire summer. The air is cool and clear because of the altitude. A great place of the study of reflection on glass like lake surfaces.
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