Yurt
The place
Yurt in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, in the Heber City/Midway area (Utah Rockies, USA), at 1,738 m elevation, on the Wasatch Range side. Continuous cluster USA Rocky Mountains (batches 240-357). A yurt (the Mongolian-style yurt has become a popular commercial glamping and backcountry-skiing trend across the Rockies since the 2000s in the USA), an area of Pinus contorta lodgepole pine, Populus tremuloides quaking aspen and alpine larch, plus the Wasatch Front, home to Salt Lake City and 90% of Utah's 3 million people, plus the LDS/Mormon Church, with over 6 million members in the USA and 15 million worldwide, 60% of Utah's population, founded by Brigham Young in 1847 as a refuge after persecution in Illinois, plus the heritage of the Ute (a Numic people, some 3,000 on the Uintah-Ouray reservation, 17,000 km², established 1861, with a modern resurgence of Ute language and culture, including the sacred wolf-eagle-bear rituals of the Sun Dance).
The setting
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache NF, Heber City/Midway, Utah Rockies, USA, 1,738 m, Wasatch Range, continuous cluster batches 240-357, Mongolian-style yurt glamping/backcountry-skiing trend across Rockies since 2000s USA, Pinus contorta/Populus tremuloides/Larix + Wasatch Front SLC 90% of UT's 3 million + LDS Mormons 6 million+ USA 15 million worldwide 60% of UT founded by Brigham Young 1847 refuge from Illinois persecution + Ute Numic people 3,000 on Uintah-Ouray reservation 17,000 km² established 1861, sacred wolf-eagle-bear Sun Dance rituals.
