Wasatch-Cache National Forest is a
United States National Forest located primarily in northern
Utah (81.23%), with smaller parts extending into southeastern
Idaho (16.42%) and southwestern
Wyoming (2.35%). The name is derived the
Ute word
Wasatch for a low place in high mountains, and the French word
Cache meaning to hide. The term cache originally referred to
fur trappers, the first Europeans to visit the land. The Wasatch-Cache National Forest boundaries include of land.