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You're wrong. I'm correcting you. There is no credible (and I emphasize that adjective) evidence that the warming that is happening generally is caused by man's activities. There's also no credible evidence to suggest that we have even reached standard temperature levels associated with the...

Which maps are those? When I was on the Forest Service web site, I didn't see much in the way of maps available.

No fishing. Just hiking and sightseeing. Most of my Uintas trips have been farther west so far; Hell Hole Basin, Naturalist Basin, Four Lakes, etc. If I'm underestimating the distance and difficulty of my proposed route; well, that's part of what I'm hoping to suss out, so I can rethink, if...

Heh. No, I'm no machine, but that's the only really long day in my itinerary. I think I can hack it once unless we get stuck waiting out a hailstorm or something. Well, I dunno. Red Castle to Crater Lake might be nearly as long too, although much more flat. That's good info on the slopes of...

What's the "other Highline" - 091? In any case, I'm packing in tons of time to make this loop, regardless of exactly how I end it. But why do you think the ridge's up by Bob's are so rough? There's beta on summitpost.org that the eastern ridge coming up northward from Tokewanna peak is gentle...

I have an odd question. Where are the names of some of the lakes in the Uintas documented? I've looked at the USGS quads, and the Trails Illustrated map, and Google Earth and there are a lot of lakes that appear to be unnamed. But here and there, I'll see lakes, like BR-17 in the MIddle...

Yeah, well... comes with the territory anywhere in the Vernal area, I suppose.

I was going to recommend Fantasy Canyon too. I'll be seeing it with my nieces (most likely) in a few months myself. Google Image search it, and you'll see why it's a nice draw. It's like Goblin Valley on acid.

I don't find anything liberating about being naked. The only reason I skinny-dip is because I don't want to carry a suit, and the only reason I dry by sitting out on a rock in the sun is because I don't want to carry a towel. But it's all completely pragmatic. I don't see any point in being...

Nice pics! Thanks! Y'all have convinced me; the pass from Amethyst to Middle isn't worth it. However, I know that folks have gone over the ridge from Allsop to Priord/Norice (in fact, I think I first saw that on a Google search that brought me here!). What about crossing some of the other...

Heh. Not unless it's titanium, I guess.

A cooler. No lie.

If that's your criteria, add me to the list! I don't pack toilet paper. I do bring a small pack of baby wipes, though. :) Although we sometimes joke with my outdoorsy buddies about what kinds of leaves and grasses are the best (and worst) at wiping your butt, in reality, it's not like...

Thanks for the heads-up! I'll go read that right now! Good info for the OP too.

Oh, I know. It's typical for a JMT thru-hike (a little over 200 miles) to have 2-3 food pickups. If I do a US-191 to Yellow Pines thru-hike, then that's gotta be guesstimating a good 125 miles. I'd do a single drop for that (although it'd add a good 15-20 miles, since the Highline is nowhere...

Yeah, well there's a reason I don't hike the PCT! Up to nearly 200 miles without a resupply isn't my idea of a great time. Plus I don't have (or really want) a pack bigger than 50L.

Any more days than that and you're talking about really big food loads; enough so that I'd want to schedule a drop at East Fork Blacks Fork TH or something and split the load.

Nice! More inclined to add it to the route, then. What is that; two days worth tops? Two days of acclimating to the altitude and the routine, at that, without jumping straight into the challenging part of the hike.

I've heard the climb up Ostler is pretty rough. I'd be more inclined to do Spread Eagle from near Faxon Lake and get more or less the same view.

I haven't stitched together an eastern extension yet to map out a full Uintas Range Traverse, crossing all of Dinosaur National Monument and everything, but theoretically it sounds fun.