The Bear River Range (also known as the Bear River Mountains) is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

located in northeastern

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and southeastern

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in the western United States. __TOC__ Across Cache Valley at Bear River Range in Utah

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The range forms the eastern boundary of the

Cache Valley Cache Valley ''( Shoshoni: Seuhubeogoi, “Willow Valley”)'' is a valley of northern Utah and southeast Idaho, United States, that includes the Logan metropolitan area. The valley was used by 19th century mountain men and was the site of th ...

. One of the mountains' sinks (

Peter Sinks Peter Sinks is a natural sinkhole in northern Utah that is one of the coldest places in the contiguous United States. Peter Sinks is located above sea level, in the Bear River Mountains about northeast of Logan, within the Wasatch-Cache Na ...

) recorded the lowest temperature in Utah on February 1, 1985, at NCDC: January 2002 City/State Extremes
/ref> which is also the second-lowest temperature ever recorded in the

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. U.S. Highway 89 via

Logan Canyon Logan Canyon is a canyon in the western United States in northeastern Utah, which cuts its way through the Bear River Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range. It is popular for both summer and winter activities, especially rock-climbing, hi ...

provides the only major route through the mountains, and the canyon is the location of

Logan River The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region ...

, the Beaver Mountain ski resort, and Tony Grove Lake.

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Bear River (Great Salt Lake) Mountain ranges of Idaho Mountain ranges of Utah Mountain ranges of Cache County, Utah Mountain ranges of Rich County, Utah Landforms of Bear Lake County, Idaho Landforms of Caribou County, Idaho Landforms of Franklin County, Idaho Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wasatch Range {{Utah-geo-stub

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