2017 HIGH UINTAS OPENING – MIRROR LAKE SCENIC BYWAY OPENING – GRANDVIEW TRAILHEAD & GATEWAY to the GRANDADDIES

Click for  PREVIOUS POST Daily Update: MIRROR LAKE SCENIC BYWAY — —GLITCH SOLVED — SPINE BEEFED UP — — THE HIGHLINE TRAIL — PROPOSED BACKPACKS FOR 2017— **************************** KEY AREAS OF THE HIGH UINTAS,  STATIONS REPORTING – 0-” of snow, they are: Brown Duck (10,572 ft.), Lake Fork Basin, Five Points Lake (10,911), Chepita (12,120 ft.), …

The HIGHLINE TRAIL..from East to West Following the Spine of the HIGH UINTA MOUNTAINS

Click below for previous post:   Scheduled DREAMS for 2017 (82nd year) Combining with it the ENTIRE HIGHLINE TRAIL…if my  “ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE” formula keeps doing its MIRACLE! ****************** UPDATE MARCH 19th OPPS….A GLITCH!….NOW SOLVED,..MAYBE?The previous post has  my enthusiastic plans for 2017–and  I’ll add them on at the end of the photo/essay on the HIGHLINE …

SLIDE MT/CANYON PIONEER TIMBER SLIDE EXPLORATION Sept. 17, 2016 & UCLA cheerleaders at the Y Casting A Spell on the BYU Football Team

PREVIOUS POST: THE ASSAULT ON “LITTLE ANDY LAKE” near MOUNT JEDEDIAH, and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! & the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO “NEVER GIVE IN….EASILY!” ****************************UPDATE:  Sept. 20, 2016, 5:30-6:00Since successfully clawing my way up the Slide Canyon timber “chute”  to the launch site, my legs have been sorer–especially my …

SLIDE MT/CANYON PIONEER TIMBER SLIDE EXPLORATION Sept. 17, 2016 & UCLA cheerleaders at the Y Casting A Spell on the BYU Football Team

PREVIOUS POST: THE ASSAULT ON “LITTLE ANDY LAKE” near MOUNT JEDEDIAH, and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! & the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO “NEVER GIVE IN….EASILY!” ****************************UPDATE:  Sept. 20, 2016, 5:30-6:00Since successfully clawing my way up the Slide Canyon timber “chute”  to the launch site, my legs have been sorer–especially my …

THE ASSAULT ON “LITTLE ANDY LAKE” near MOUNT JEDEDIAH, and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! & the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO “NEVER GIVE IN….EASILY!”

Scroll down for the photo/essay ASSAULT ON “LITTLE ANDY LAKE” or what I called,“LITTLE ANDY’S OLYMPICS”*****************LONGEVITY….“Use it or lose it!” …. I feel need of frequent HEAVY DUTY WORKOUTS!So, on Saturday, September 17th, back to…THE PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES EXPLORATIONS…..….up past the Y, then to Eagle Pass and down into the ravine to follow the pathway up through …

THE ASSAULT ON “LITTLE ANDY LAKE” and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! And, the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO “NOT GIVE IN….EASILY!”

Previous Post You should all be aware of special Facebook Page:   Cordell Andersen Photography, and the STORE, where many of my photographs from the High Uintas are available. ******************************** UPDATES ARE BEING MADE DAILY AS MY “FRIENDS” SEND ME PHOTOS & DETAILS–which I’m posting,  like from:Cesar de la Cruz Santos, Paula & Wade, Elisabeth Johanson & crew, John Sowell, Nathan Gibbons, Christina Ogrin, …

Summer 2916: HIGH UINTAS ACCESS REPORT….updated daily!

NOTE:  None of the photographs  can be used  without written permission from Cordell Andersen.   EMAIL:  cordellandersen@hotmail.com You should all be aware of special Facebook Page:   Cordell Andersen Photography, and the STORE, where many of my photographs from the High Uintas are available.  Click for PREVIOUS POST on STRATEGIES TO DO “THE IMPOSSIBLE”….for an 80 year old! SCROLL TO THE END …

ANOTHER ENEMY..UNDERSTOOD & SOLVED….It weakened and sapped my strength!

NEW DISCLOSURE Sept. 18, 2015: Undisclosed enemy that made  success impossible…BUT NOW SOLVED!   Hate to talk about it, but it might help someone to embarrass myself, so here’s what the problem was:   For the last two backpacking seasons I have experienced terrible stomach upset in the mountains giving me what we missionaries in Central America …

Photo/Essay: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM YouTube video “THE GRANDADDIES”

Photo/Essay: THE GRANDADDIESThese are the photographs from the YouTube video plus many extras.NOTE:  None of these photographs  can be used  without written permission from Cordell Andersen.  EMAIL: cordellandersen@hotmail.comI’ve added a  couple of three more photos here and there.  With additional caption info. not in the video.    This includes 4 original photographs of George Beard, with …

MIRROR LAKE SCENIC BYWAY OPENING – links to So. & No.SLOPES TRAIL CONDITIONS – ACCESSIBILITY, etc.

NOTE:  None of the photographs  can be used  without written permission from Cordell Andersen.  EMAIL:  cordellandersen@hotmail.comClick on the post of your interest:   ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE:  A Humorous & Exciting Journey UINTAS SOUTH SLOPE TRAIL CONDITIONS – May 26, 2015For Grandaddy, Rock Creek, Yellowstone Creek, Uinta River Trails ACCESSIBILITY..PRESENT CONDITIONS:  North & South Slope conditionsThe YouTube video of  “DAZZLING HIGH UINTA BEAUTY” “Weird …