Crews burn slash piles near the Mirror Lake Highway Thursday. The U.S. Forest Service plans to clear out thousands of acres of dead trees in the Uinta Mountains to reduce wildfire risks. (Uinta ...

Campgrounds evacuated, highway closed due to wildfire in Uinta Mountains The “Yellow Lake Fire” was estimated at 1,500 acres as of Sunday evening.

Situated in northeast Utah but spilling over into northwest Colorado, the Uinta Mountains are the only range in the contiguous United States that runs east to west instead of north to south. It's ...