True. I've read some reports elsewhere that showed people first week of July and all the road looked dry, which is why I asked. Good call on contacting the USFS.
I don't know much about the Wind Rivers, let alone early season road conditions. Looking to head out there for some light hiking and sight seeing this summer or late fall. I would prefer when there are snow capped mountains.
In the Uintas there's usually a 2-3 week window in June (varies...
Hoping for an answer on this. I'd like to run up but my last jaunt was horrific, probably the worst sky full of mosquitos I've ever seen, it was miserable.
Here are some comments from Reddit that I thought I'd add to this conversation.
"Well, I assume you're going out 80 to Reno. Big first day maybe.
From there, I'd head north on 395 to 44 then I-5, maybe stay at Mt Shasta. Or Ashland. Nice towns. Then to Bandon over OR 42. Bandon is a great...
Fantastic info, I'm going to check those areas out; thank you!
Been looking at them, scary how poor reviews are in general. The jegs one you listed actually seems decent for the money, which is 1/3 a Yakima or Thule.
I thought of that too. My concern is how low the hitch would sit on this...
This is a bit different post than normal so hopefully it's appropriate in here.
After 12 years of marriage my wife and I are finally planning out our first big road trip as a family. I've done many epic road trips pre-kid and I took my wife on a long three week loop of the west before we were...
Given the record snowfall we've had this year, any guesses on when the Uintas will be good to go? Normally I like to backpack up there in late May to mid June while there is still some snow out to beat the bugs and the hordes of people. Really curious to see how things play out this year.
Anyone have a recent update on bugs? I'm sure they are bad, just wondering how bad. This week looks like there may be some storms and I'm tempted to get out and about.
Weather Fri/Sat was perfect. Decent amount of bugs out but even though they landed on us a bit (it was windy) nobody in our group was bit. At first I didn't think they were mosquitos but confirmed they were, but for some reason weren't biting. Essentially no snow from 10-11k other than a few...
Grabbed these off FB. Looks like this storm hit the Uintas pretty good. Thoughts on how this will impact bugs? Looking like I'll have to keep my 19th/20th date.
I had a trip planned for the 19th/20th but I'm trying to bump it up a week earlier because I really hate dealing with bugs. I'd bet at a minimum, last week in June until a week or two into August is going to be really ugly up there this year.