uintas

October 9-10, 2015 This was my last mountain trip for the year. My friends and I decided on the Uintas, due to time constraints and because we love the Uintas. We also knew that once we got up there, we'd be racing the sunset, so we picked a hike that would give us solitude but wouldn't be too...

As I was hiking along in the Wind River Mountain range, I knew that another week long trip this year would not be doable. My wife was already sacrificing way to much, and for me to leave her and my newborn son for a 3rd week-long pleasure trip would be utterly selfish of me. It wasn't to hard of...

9-4-2015 to 9-5-2015 I had been planning a trip for Labor Day weekend for more than a month. The trip was originally planned to be in the Northern Winds with 5 or 6 people for 3 days and 2 nights. My focus then shifted to the more popular areas accessed through Elkhart Park. The goal was either...

At the risk of sounding like a broken record ... it's hot in St. George! Time for another mountain weekend escape. Christmas Meadows Provo River Falls I'm embarrassed to admit that even though I've lived in Utah since 2008, I've only done one other hike in the Uinta Mountains. It's a...

Before I begin I would like to introduce us, my wife and I love the outdoors and have really embraced backpacking. I personally am not a people person and prefer the solitude of the back country. A few years ago I traded in my Bow and Rifles for a Canon 7D camera. I don't have anything against...

I've had my eye on a peak in the Uintas for quite some time - Hayden Peak. It is one of the most photographed peaks in the Uintas, serving as a backdrop to heavily visited Mirror Lake. With my wife's family having a cabin just south of the Wyoming border along the Mirror Lake Highway, a junior...

Fist off, I just wanted to say thanks for all of the posts and information that I've received on this website. It's been invaluable in mustering up the courage to venture into backpacking. My 15 year old son and I decided to try backpacking in the Uinta's. It was a great opportunity to spend...

Back to the Uinta Mountains! Jay is one of my best friends, and we try to go on a few trips a year together. Our trips are some of the very best. This one was no exception. Jay invited his friend Arsene to join us on this trip He is from Rwanda Africa! Arsene is studying in the US to become a...

I just got back from a two-nighter up in Amethyst Basin area. I got to the carpark at 4:30 PM and made it up to Toomset by 6:30 PM, so I was clipping along at a good pace - 45 mins for the first 3 miles, then 30 mins for that damned uphill. I schwacked through the trees across the river...

I'll try to refrain from being too verbose since there are probably already 10 other Amethyst/Ostler Lake trip reports on here. My wife and I were looking for a good, shorter trip to do over the weekend. Our anniversary was Saturday, but we had Friday off for Pioneer Day, so we decided we could...

This is what happens when you leave it up to me to plan a 3 day backpacking trip for 12 year old scouts! The orginal plan was to get dropped off at Payson Lakes and then have the boys backpack over Loafer Mountain, through Snell Canyon and then just walk home. That would have been a 15+ mile...

I was really looking forward to this trip because my daughter Cosette had decided this is what she wanted to do to celebrate graduating high school this year. Our group would consist of Cosette, two of her siblings, two of her friends, and myself. We ended up leaving home shortly after 6:00 AM...

In the middle of last week I got a text from Chris wanting to head into the Uintas for a short-ish trip. We made a rough plan to meet at the Crystal Lake trailhead on Friday evening and hike somewhere to the west. I got off work an hour early so I could make the three-hour drive and I made it...

My scout troop is trekking across the Uintas right now and I can watch them live! http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0u1pdxld7Z0ACWnfXR1bh6FRq4hPvevxd They just summited Mt Marsell a few minutes ago. So fun to see what they are doing. Can't wait to meet up with them...

This past weekend if any of you were in the Uintas then you know how enjoyable the weather was. We began our hike at the Highline Trail head on Wednesday and arrived at the trail around 9:00 am. By the time all of the boys had their crap organized and ready to go the weather was starting to turn...

I took my family out for an overnighter this weekend to Big Elk Lake. I was traveling with kids so needed to keep the hiking distance short, but I wanted to give them a good feel for backpacking and camping in the high Uintas. I was also hoping for a location with some decent fishing as well...

Spent the last week at West Fork Blacks Fork, after a day of getting acclimated at Bear River Campground first. Took my 13 year old son and explored the Mirror Lake Highway for a bit, and then dove into the back country for a few days. My son decided that backpacking may not be for him; he was...

This last weekend I took our scouts to Ibantik lakt in the Unitas. This hike was to be an overnighter and a practice hike for the 4 day trip we will be taking next week. We began our hike at the crystal lake trail head and started with the trail that goes past cliff and Clyde lake. It has been...

June 24-27, 2015 I took the ole Varsity Scouts to a place never visited before by scouts...the Grandaddy Basin! This was a good trip to kick off the mountain backpacking season. It's always great to get into the Uintas for the first time of the year. We chose Pine Island Lake, it's 7 miles from...

It was a long time coming. My 6-year-old, Ellory, finally got her turn out with dad. This daddy-daughter trip would take us into the Uintas, where we would backpack what has been dubbed the "Seventeen Lakes Loop" and include a little day hike to the Notch. The main objective, though, was to...