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This is a test run of embedding from my blog to BCP. @Nick I've got this TR broken down into several parts. If you prefer that I submit it as one TR let me know and I"ll do that. From July 21 through July 26 2014, two of my children and I went on a backpacking trip through the High Uinta...

October has proved unseasonably mild in Utah this year. I took advantage of this for a late-season overnighter in the Uintas on Saturday the 4th. Snow had already fallen above about 10,000 feet but it stacked up only in patches and wasn't yet an obstacle. Unfortunately, I didn't get started on...

Life has sure had it's up's and down's this past August. My mom turned 50, my grampa on my dads side recently passed at 99! , old friends from the past have been coming out of the wood work just about everywhere in my life. With life coming at us fast,, it was time to slow things down and get...

Since I am new I thought I'd share my trip from July. This was my 1st backpacking trip of my life, and certainly not the last!! After driving over 100 miles my Twin brother (the photographer) and I saw that we still had many more miles to go. Daisy the dog and I ready for action at the...

I went up with two friends, Evan and Blake and their labs to Naturalist Basin over September 4th-6th. This was the first time up there for any of us and it was well worth the trip. Temps were in the 60's at day and around 40 degrees at night. We based on the south side of Jordan Lake. On...

Last weekend, my brother in law and I decided we had to get one more trip in up to the Uintas. It always sucks accepting that the season in the high country is coming to an end. We didn't care where we went or how far we traveled as long as we got up there and enjoyed it one last time. So we...

With the exception of the BMT in January and some Wingate Wandering in early March, I've been noticeably absent from the backpacking subforum this year. Not because I didn't want to, it just got shuffled to the back behind the work hikes that took all of my hiking energy and the boat camping...

North Erickson Lake is quickly becoming one of my favorite Uinta Mountain destinations. This was my second trip there in two years and I’m already wanting to get the next trip planned. Last Summer (2013) my friend Dave, my daughter Reese (9) and I hiked to North Erickson Lake via Upper Setting...

On Monday (7/28) I decided that I was going to tackle Utah's highest point. I was going to drive down on Thursday and camp at the trailhead, then hike the 26 miles the following day. My only problem was that my pack couldn't decide on how long the hike would last. Coming in at 30 lbs, I could...

Preparing for 50 miles of Adventure It was a dream come true for me. I have wanted to go on a week long backpacking trip for a LONG time. Yeah, yeah. I know. I have been on a few week long camps before, some even required backpacking about 20 miles or so; but none have ever required me to pack...

I finally got off my but and did something worth posting. My nephew, friend, and my self all decided that naturalist basin would be to busy for us so we decided to go to upper Rock Creek and Lightning lake over the long week end. We planned to camp at Black lake and explore from there.

A couple of weeks ago, Jess and I set out to take our kids on their first official backpacking trip. That is to say, camping away from the car. I had waffled between Wall Lake and Ruth Lake, knowing that both were within a mile from their respective trailheads. Both can get quite crowded with...

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zSNtNbul3FcI.kVjp6QgPlFhk Summitted Hayden Peak for lunch yesterday and thought I would post a short report. Some of you have been asking about this and I've almost lured some of you to go up with me in the past. This 12,479' peak is one of the most...

I spent a couple of days camping at the Ledgefork campground near Smith and Morehouse Reservoir over the weekend with my family. On Saturday, I did a day hike up a side drainage of Smith and Morehouse Creek to a basin named Hell's Kitchen that contains a small lake called Jean Lake. I had...

Burnt but standing tree trunks creak like old bones on the breeze. Bark filleted by flame, their exposed cores are bleached silver by the sun. The wind filtering through these grim stands shrieks in sorrow. A hiker's footfalls crunch on downed and dead limbs. Big strips of bark, half-round and...

My family has owned a cabin on the North Fork of the Duchesne River for over forty years. The cabin is near the Grandview Trailhead, which is probably the heaviest used trailhead in the range. I’ve spent many days over the years hiking the trail to the Grandaddy Basin. Those trips have usually...

Me and a couple of buddies headed up into the Erickson Basin a couple of weeks ago. It was a 2 night/3 day trip. Our plan was to him in a little ways on Thursday night and set up camp, pack up early Friday and head for North Erickson Lake. I have been to North Erickson Lake before, but only from...

Last weekend my brother and I decided to make a short (I mean short!) overnighter up in the Uintas. I had some family obligations Saturday day so we knew time was going to be tight. The plan was to take off from the Crystal Lake TH and head to Duck Lake (neither of us had been there yet and...

Unlike last year, I got a decent start to the mountain backpacking season this year. Conditions were about the same this year as the last, but I had someone to accompany me and share in the misery. Chris and I met in Kamas later than we'd planned, then drove a short distance up the Mirror Lake...

Priord Lake Solo Trip, August 2013 With all the discussions going on about solo backpacking or not I have to say I love all my solo backpacking trips. And my trip to Priord Lake in particular was one of the best solo trips I’ve ever done. That said I couldn’t resist adding another Uintas trip...