uintas

In mid-December, I stayed a few days in Heber, so I could head out from there to several ski areas to cross-country ski. After a few stormy days with lots of new snow, I decided to cross-country ski in the Uintas. With some help and recommendations I received from this awesome forum, I headed...

I will try to bore you with one more trip report from last summer. In August of 2015 I had the opportunity to go with some very nice people to the Beaver Creek Drainage on the North Slope of the Uintas. Trailhead starts at West Fork Beaver Creek trailhead which takes you up to Gilbert Lake and...

I have enjoyed reading many great trip reports on this site so thought I better share one from June of 2015. Hiked 7 miles from Mirror Lake trailhead to Pinto Lake in the Granddaddy Basin where we set up camp. Day 2 day hiked cross country 10 miles round trip from Pinto lake to the Four Lakes...

I've come back to Backcountry Post after a long time of not visiting the site to gain some inspiration of potential trips to do this Summer and thought i'd share a trip from last Summer that was my last backpacking trip before my wife and I had our first baby. I headed out in August with two...

Work on the Kim and Carole project occupied most of my time in the Uintas last summer, but I was able to slip in one quick overnighter at Hell Hole Lake. Hell Hole sits in a nice little valley nestled between A-1 Peak on the east and Kletting Peak on the west. It's accessed either via the...

My brother and I took our 8 year old sons backpacking to the Grandaddy basin Aug. 6-9, 2015. I hadn't been backpacking in years, and had never taken my son backpacking before. In the months and weeks leading up to the trip we gathered all the gear we would need. It was interesting to see...

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...