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I was supposed to hike to the top of Reid's Peak on my annual Uinta trip, but since the weather called for storms, I didn't feel comfortable summitting Reid's, which I have never attempted before, in a cloud, so I instead did the old standby, Bald Mountain. Someone at our campground had said that the storm was supposed to move in around 1:00 pm, so I hit the trailhead around 10:30 in the morning. Unfortunately, even at that time, the top of Bald Mountain was already in a cloud. About 1/3 of the way up, it began to drizzle, and maybe halfway to the top it began to rain with a little more authority. Pretty soon I was just hiking through the cloud. When I did reach the summit, the clouds broke for a few minutes. I took advantage of the break and took some shots down towards Moosehorn Lake and vicinity. Heading back down, it clouded up again and began to rain.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112730-23044571545084657cd3e18fe3430e3d.jpg)
Clear at the trailhead
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112731-d1c8d370d777da88f4ce92f066cf3c70.jpg)
Cloudy up top
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112732-71f5ed7c2880db7299950f77c4646891.jpg)
Harebell along the trail
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112733-b7ff4b23adc53057f3a15c2b8654fd26.jpg)
Storm clouds to the west
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112734-c3dd1ff9b0b92abb201bdd0432ab1fa7.jpg)
Murdock Mountain
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112735-b426fd11f71dc975bb3e64ed6319914c.jpg)
Looking out towards Mount Watson
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112736-f9273fe58f105137e844cf0824cc6f15.jpg)
Haystack Mountain
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112737-01e58b1278e9cea630cf4e03d99543fd.jpg)
The trail
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112738-c1227904e64c3aaabeeffd8beb3e99ef.jpg)
Buckwheat along the trail
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112739-98674942721e689015054a505f39adc2.jpg)
Yarrow
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112740-3cb177c7a6370ad2ec3db2b9a7ae48b4.jpg)
Arnica
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112741-d361d40f29b3cccb7b1d3e2bf030a1e9.jpg)
Fleabane
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112742-dd050b1f6a014a0a993cbd4dabe686f7.jpg)
The trail makes it way through a small stand of conifers
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112743-c94bfe2375aec99f94a21a84f3a5906d.jpg)
Heading on into the cloud - drizzling at this point
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112744-32c9f4f0c8057c9fa0b6326f7330cf44.jpg)
Not sure what this plant is
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112745-c1da2ee9a358539af5d1468d9e63f19b.jpg)
Back to just rocks
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112746-7f9752ffc31d83c6490f7282079a6857.jpg)
Thistle
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112747-4631265ae59c283c2d33bf010057004c.jpg)
Paintbrush and buckwheat
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112748-e41f7cbcf0d2d98e1ba896efd99ed309.jpg)
Rain and wind have picked up by this point and my hands are getting a little chilly
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112749-7ad559fa4596abbb0fd1d106e0111b9c.jpg)
Selfie
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112750-1a57ef2cb0a6bf8b627cb89fe7b7face.jpg)
Kind of an eerie feeling to it.
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112751-121a5ee586fa01ec2b5da78e2c850e16.jpg)
Looking into the abyss
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112752-02b2647f894a02a783f39599bd555fe1.jpg)
Reduced visibility
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112753-3d478baa8f25c0b4921bc9f741cc9fb9.jpg)
Rock stairs to the top
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112754-cd2a16dfbb0417d253bd78a9376dcd6a.jpg)
Moosehorn Lake below as the clouds cleared for a couple of minutes
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112755-c692e5b570638e4291f508f945bfa678.jpg)
Can you make out Reid's Peak?![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112756-0eaece9be1f20c05cd38ece47e5c1374.jpg)
It's peaking out from underneath the cloud
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112757-00d4a21dc7e68d395700061030dc5117.jpg)
Heading back down
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112758-6008667b7c4b056b74f912c9e3e7b5b8.jpg)
Clouds moving back in
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112759-6563fcfb9d21f1f5a45e95c0908db5a8.jpg)
You can see a little further now
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112760-ed47c959e8de9e634c8fe5a8c17a9ed7.jpg)
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112761-ee3269ab8304605cf2a6f0fcf9017977.jpg)
Reid's peak peeking through again
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112762-ad3054cc324c9cb279a318b73d7f5f60.jpg)
Some stonecrop
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112763-f775e0b8d1020ad2ac20c49d212aec54.jpg)
Cloud covered Hayden Peak from the overlook
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112764-455ab569743a43baee5e4eda7eb38550.jpg)
Pearly everlasting
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112765-bc3e867ca8977e45c613d5b073930016.jpg)
Hayden Peak on my ay back to camp
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112766-c4d3d04f7d60bb1896b6e98876758107.jpg)
Kletting Peak on my way back to camp.
The End.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112730-23044571545084657cd3e18fe3430e3d.jpg)
Clear at the trailhead
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112731-d1c8d370d777da88f4ce92f066cf3c70.jpg)
Cloudy up top
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112732-71f5ed7c2880db7299950f77c4646891.jpg)
Harebell along the trail
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112733-b7ff4b23adc53057f3a15c2b8654fd26.jpg)
Storm clouds to the west
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112734-c3dd1ff9b0b92abb201bdd0432ab1fa7.jpg)
Murdock Mountain
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112735-b426fd11f71dc975bb3e64ed6319914c.jpg)
Looking out towards Mount Watson
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112736-f9273fe58f105137e844cf0824cc6f15.jpg)
Haystack Mountain
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112737-01e58b1278e9cea630cf4e03d99543fd.jpg)
The trail
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112738-c1227904e64c3aaabeeffd8beb3e99ef.jpg)
Buckwheat along the trail
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112739-98674942721e689015054a505f39adc2.jpg)
Yarrow
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112740-3cb177c7a6370ad2ec3db2b9a7ae48b4.jpg)
Arnica
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112741-d361d40f29b3cccb7b1d3e2bf030a1e9.jpg)
Fleabane
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112742-dd050b1f6a014a0a993cbd4dabe686f7.jpg)
The trail makes it way through a small stand of conifers
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112743-c94bfe2375aec99f94a21a84f3a5906d.jpg)
Heading on into the cloud - drizzling at this point
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112744-32c9f4f0c8057c9fa0b6326f7330cf44.jpg)
Not sure what this plant is
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112745-c1da2ee9a358539af5d1468d9e63f19b.jpg)
Back to just rocks
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112746-7f9752ffc31d83c6490f7282079a6857.jpg)
Thistle
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112747-4631265ae59c283c2d33bf010057004c.jpg)
Paintbrush and buckwheat
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112748-e41f7cbcf0d2d98e1ba896efd99ed309.jpg)
Rain and wind have picked up by this point and my hands are getting a little chilly
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112749-7ad559fa4596abbb0fd1d106e0111b9c.jpg)
Selfie
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112750-1a57ef2cb0a6bf8b627cb89fe7b7face.jpg)
Kind of an eerie feeling to it.
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112751-121a5ee586fa01ec2b5da78e2c850e16.jpg)
Looking into the abyss
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112752-02b2647f894a02a783f39599bd555fe1.jpg)
Reduced visibility
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112753-3d478baa8f25c0b4921bc9f741cc9fb9.jpg)
Rock stairs to the top
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112754-cd2a16dfbb0417d253bd78a9376dcd6a.jpg)
Moosehorn Lake below as the clouds cleared for a couple of minutes
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112755-c692e5b570638e4291f508f945bfa678.jpg)
Can you make out Reid's Peak?
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112756-0eaece9be1f20c05cd38ece47e5c1374.jpg)
It's peaking out from underneath the cloud
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112757-00d4a21dc7e68d395700061030dc5117.jpg)
Heading back down
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112758-6008667b7c4b056b74f912c9e3e7b5b8.jpg)
Clouds moving back in
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112759-6563fcfb9d21f1f5a45e95c0908db5a8.jpg)
You can see a little further now
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112760-ed47c959e8de9e634c8fe5a8c17a9ed7.jpg)
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112761-ee3269ab8304605cf2a6f0fcf9017977.jpg)
Reid's peak peeking through again
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112762-ad3054cc324c9cb279a318b73d7f5f60.jpg)
Some stonecrop
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112763-f775e0b8d1020ad2ac20c49d212aec54.jpg)
Cloud covered Hayden Peak from the overlook
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112764-455ab569743a43baee5e4eda7eb38550.jpg)
Pearly everlasting
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112765-bc3e867ca8977e45c613d5b073930016.jpg)
Hayden Peak on my ay back to camp
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/112/112766-c4d3d04f7d60bb1896b6e98876758107.jpg)
Kletting Peak on my way back to camp.
The End.