, Utah with Mendon Peak, June 2008 The range separates the
Cache Valley from the
Wasatch Front (Bear River Valley), as well as form a portion of the
border between Box Elder and Cache counties. Nearly all of the water collected by the Wellsville Mountains drains into the
Bear River. While only moderately tall, they are particularly narrow. For this reason, it is often claimed they are one of the steepest mountain ranges in
North America. Box Elder () and the Wellsville Cone () are its two highest peaks.
US-89/
US-91 traverses
Box Elder Canyon, Dry Canyon, and Wellsville Canyon, beginning east of
Brigham City as a four-lane highway, curving north then northeast and entering
Cache Valley at
Wellsville. The mountains were named for the nearby City of Wellsville. ==See also==