This ecoregion is located almost entirely within the state of Utah, with a very small portion stretching north into southwestern Wyoming and southeastern Idaho.

glauca), subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmanni), Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), two-needle piñon (Pinus edulis), and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), with limited populations of limber pine (Pinus flexilis).

[2] Gray wolves have begun to return to Utah, primarily in the far northeastern reaches of state, where it borders Wyoming and Idaho.

[3] The majority of this ecoregion has been greatly affected by livestock grazing, logging, mining, and recreational uses such as downhill skiing, and as a result, its conservation status is "critical/endangered".

This region has also been severely effected by mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the last decades, killing large swathes of forest.