A Deep Dive Into The Uintah Wilderness
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UPDATE ON HIGH UINTA PASSES OPENINGS:Go to: PASSES As soon as the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway is plowed I will report here. By the weekend I will also report on accessibility of the Hades Canyon road to the Grandview Trailhead and access to the Grandaddy Basin where I have scheduled my first trip.EQUIPMENT and PREPARATION …
For the “HOW I DO A 3 DAY BACKPACK…” scroll down THESE TWO KEY HIGH UINTA HIGHWAYS ARE NOW OPEN June 5th : SR 150 Mirror Lake Highway OPEN Kamas to Wyoming Border – Milepost 14.6 to 48 and SR 35 Wolf Creek Pass OPEN Francis to Hanna – Milepost 12 to 37 Saturday, June 5th: …
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GOT TO GO….TODAY MY DAY FOR ANOTHER HIKE IN THE FOOTHILLS, as I wait for the HIGH UINTAS to thaw out….SNOW DEPTH ON BALD MOUNTAIN PASS was 100″ on March 24th. Right now at around noon on May 26th, depth is down to 48″. Usually they try and have the PASS open by Memorial Day …
****************** 2 YEARS AGO AFTER A BOTCHED SPINE SURGERY MY RIGHT LEG DIED, and I couldn’t walk with my legs soon loosing all their muscle , and as documented on this website you can see by scrolling way down, and down………I FORCED THAT LEG TO COME ALIVE WITH UNCEASING EFFORTS and soon WITH DIVINE HELP …
NOW WITH THE WINTER…..back to my “STAIRS–FREE EXERCISE MACHINE” every day they’re free of snow–to keep alive and awake my legs, my heart and my mind (& spirit)! The STAIRS face south so any snow melts quickly–making possible doing enough laps every day to keep both legs from dying on me–and it so far is …
LITTLE ANDY HAS DISAPPEARED! FROM HIS FACEBOOK PAGE: AFTER THE HOLIDAY RUSH TO THE COOL OF THE MOUNTAINS>>>look for me to NOT ACCEPT “GIVING UP…” and DISAPPEAR FOR A FEW DAYS.–to then all of a sudden report here & on my website that I followed the suggestions in my HIGH UINTA MTS. BOOK to manage …
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL! I spent a couple of days up around the Bald Mountain Pass in the High Uintas, but consistently had signs of High Altitude problems with low oxygen levels in my blood, as well as persistent High blood pressure, and terrible balance problems when encountering it difficult to hike across snow …
************************** WOLF CREEK PASS – OPEN for several weeks… with NO SNOW 5/27. NOTE: The elevation of Wolf Creek Pass is about the same as the Grandview Trailhead. Hades Pass is about the same elevation as Bald Mountain Pass, so those comparisons will give you some idea about when for backpacking. BALD MOUNTAIN PASS–Mirror Lake Byway..OPEN– NO …
HIGH UINTA PASSES? WOLF CREEK PASS OPEN for several weeks… with NO snow 5/20. BALD MOUNTAIN PASS–Mirror Lake Byway..CLOSED-21″ of snow 5/20 But first, my persistent efforts to NOT GIVE IN….EASILY, but rather make some good strides away from not being able to walk anymore….like 18 months ago, and importantly, NOT “Faking I’m not a …