>>967086>I live in Utah.Now I'm even more confused. Utah has some great mountains.
>The mountains are typically flat topped plateaus.Maybe the Boulders, but even there, you can do a lot of things that you can't do in the desert, like fly fishing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4dS0qTQ_cMPractically all the other mountains in the state (or in neighboring Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona) have a steep character with lots of peaks that can be climbed. Have you never gone to the Uintas, or to the Durango/Silverton/Telluride area in Colorado?