The Tushar Mountains, and what is actually reachable right now.

Delano Peak, at 12,174 feet, which is also the third highest summit in the state of Utah overall. Mount Belknap at 12,137 feet and Mount Baldy at 12,090 feet stand nearby, and all three top 12,000 feet, making the Tushars the third highest mountain range in Utah.

Not by the standard route from Beaver. The usual approach leaves State Route 153 at about milepost 16.3 and follows a forest road to the Big John Flat trailhead, and that entire route is cut off by the highway closure that has been in effect since the July 2026 flood, well before the trailhead turnoff. Check current access from other communities on the Paiute Trail system, or wait for SR-153 to reopen.

A broad meadow in the Tushar Mountains that serves as the main staging area for hikers heading to Delano Peak and for riders on this side of the Paiute ATV Trail system, with primitive camping available. It normally sits about 5.5 miles up a graded forest road from State Route 153, and as of this writing it is not reachable from Beaver because the highway leading to it is closed.

Only the portion accessed from the Beaver side, through the closed section of State Route 153. The full Paiute Trail system is a large, multi county network, with a core loop of roughly 238 miles and a much larger connected system including spurs, and most of it, on the far side of the range and in other counties, is unaffected by this closure. Confirm current conditions with the Fishlake National Forest before planning a ride.

They are Utah's third highest range, behind only the Uinta Mountains and the La Sal Mountains, with three summits over 12,000 feet standing close together. Unlike the granite Wasatch peaks most Utahns are familiar with, the Tushars are volcanic, with rounded, glacier shaped high country and tundra meadows rather than sharp granite ridgelines.

The view. All three major peaks are visible from Beaver on a clear day, and the range itself has not gone anywhere. What is closed is the road up to the trailheads and the resort, not the mountains themselves.

Yes, and Beaver County's own tourism materials describe it as the largest mountain goat herd in Utah. Sightings depend on season and elevation and are not something a visit can be planned around specifically.

The range sits on an old volcanic field, and its rock formed from lava and ash rather than the slow cooled granite that shapes the Wasatch further north. That origin is why Delano Peak reads as a broad, rounded heap rather than a jagged summit, and why the same rock shows up in Beaver's black basalt pioneer houses at the base of the range.

No. In an ordinary year, State Route 153 continues over the range and down the far side toward Junction and the US-89 corridor near Marysvale and Circleville, but it is a slower, higher elevation alternative to the interstate, not the primary route. With the highway closed since July 2026, I-15 north to US-89 is the practical way to reach that side of the mountains from Beaver regardless.