The wilderness covers the Uinta Mountains, encompassing parts of Duchesne and Summit counties.

Mirror Lake Highway is closed in the winter, usually opening annually near Memorial Day.

There is a SNOTEL weather station near Brown Duck Lake, in the southeast of the High Uintas Wilderness.

Brown Duck has a subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc).

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