Many are still intact but are often tucked high into the canyon's walls. You'll have a field day if you pack along binoculars. Emerald Lake on the Wasatch Plateau. Nine Mile Canyon has a fruitful recent history as well. Long before Utah State Highway 6 connected Interstates 15 and 70, Nine Mile was the main route of travel and commerce between the Uinta Basin and Price in the late 1880s.
Old homesteads echo the romantic era of the West's evolution.
The canyon has supported extensive livestock ranching to this very day, and the old Nutter Ranch, which dates back to the 1890s, is one of Utah's longest-continuing operations. And although the surrounding Book and Roan cliffs give not a hint of mineral wealth from a distance, these sedimentary ramparts are important sources of carbon dioxide and bituminous coal. Nine Mile Canyon is located about 25 miles east of Price off U.S. Highway 6. Easy to strenuous depending on your chosen trailhead and turnaround. The entire 58-mile round trip is nothing to scoff at despite Nine Mile's nearly imperceptible grade.