A Deep Dive Into The Uintah Wilderness
NOTE: Until I can get my act together and get a post and YouTube video online about my recent trip, let me post here an email interchange with one of you “Uinta Friends,” but first an important notice from the Duchesne Ranger Station: The Hades Canyon is closed to backpackers wanting to head for …
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For 9 years this has been a public service that apparently has helped hundreds and maybe thousands. Find out how you can help it to continue going to: HOW TO HELP? In Duchesne Sheila and Lori were most helpful and send the word that conditions are still very wet and muddy, snow in the high …
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The view from East Basin Pass OFF AGAIN to the High Uintas Wilderness by noon Wednesday, July 13, hoping access has improved. See SCHEDULE and Trip #2 and #3. I will drop by the Forest Service office in Duchesne to check on conditions, and hope to do: Trip #2 to Crow Canyon in the Dry …
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I”m a couple of days late, but will leave before noon to begin pecking away at my 400 mile Summer backpacking Schedule. I will first check out the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, and then: Drive the Wolf Creek Pass and on to Hanna, Defa’s Ranch and see if I can get up Hades Canyon to …
To be in shape and hopefully accomplish my aggressive schedule for 2011 I’ve walked and jogged 100 miles a month working at REAMS for the last 2 years. Now will come the acid test to see whether it’s made me stronger, or worn out my titanium (“motorcycle”) knee and reconstructed (“football”) ankle!The Springville REAMS is at 759 …
Click on this link for: 2011 BACKPACKING SCHEDULE Go to ARTICLES for all photo essays or click on item of interest below: Backpacking — Preparing a 3 Day Backpack — Survival — Energy/Stamina — Beartown — Tie Hacker Heroes — Hot on the Tie Hack Trail and Suicide Park— 2010 Trips —2010 Backpacking Wildflower Slide Show BACKPACKER MAGAZINE article — Go to GALLERIES for: Mountainscapes — Uinta Friends — Animals — Fishing — Foothill Wildflowers — Alpine Wildflowers — –The Making of the …
Trip #5 – UINTA RIVER TRAILHEAD – Pippen, Krebs, Chain and Oke Doke Lakes, Roberts Pass, B029, Carrot, Allen, Allred, Roberts, Atwood, U-19, U-22, George Beard Lakes, Trail Rider Pass, Beard, U-75, U-76, Milk, Gilbert, U-79, Verlie, Rainbow, 4 no-name, Davis 1,2 Lakes, North Park, 4 Painter Lakes, to trailhead. 31 lakes, 78 miles, 8-10 days. This map was also too …
Trip #2 – LAKE FORK TRAILHEAD – to East Basin Pass-Basin, Horshoe, Picture, X-83, Three Lakes, Cleveland Pass-Lake, Squaw Basin-Squaw, Shamrock, Diamond, Mid, Rudolph, Tworoose Pass, Lake, Lily, Kidney, Little Dog, Big Dog, back to Trailhead. 16 lakes, 43 miles, 5-7 days. This topographical map shows most of the Lake Fork & Rock Creek drainage’s up to the crest of …
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THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR THE TIE HACKER GHOST TOWN–MILL CITY and THE HILLIARD FLUMEINTRODUCTION: After the demands of the transcontinental railroad for railroad ties was satisfied by the tie hackers producing millions of ties and sending them down the Uinta’s North Slope rivers into Wyoming from 1867-69, the need for some ties, plus other wood products continued. …
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THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE and UTAH’S 3rd HIGHEST PEAK A Lessor Known drainage of the High Uintas Wilderness INTRODUCTION: As always I will take you with me on this trip, showing you my exact route to enable you to go there too, and give you a taste of the journey to the Trailhead, and then …
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