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I'm not really familiar with the Wasatch Plateau - too much atv traffic for me.... I'll guess one of the Tent Mountains. I've always admired the Horseshoes from afar from the west...
 
Artemus said:
I'm not really familiar with the Wasatch Plateau - too much atv traffic for me.... I'll guess one of the Tent Mountains. I've always admired the Horseshoes from afar from the west...
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Yessiree, that's South Tent Mountain on the left and North Tent on the right. Speaking of the Horseshoes, just yesterday I was eyeballing the Horseshoes Trail 090 on the topo map. It's on my to-do list for this summer, along with North and South Tent.
 
Udink said:
Yessiree, that's South Tent Mountain on the left and North Tent on the right. Speaking of the Horseshoes, just yesterday I was eyeballing the Horseshoes Trail 090 on the topo map. It's on my to-do list for this summer, along with North and South Tent.
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Great. I will look forward to your pics and post about the Horseshoes Trail. Still need to follow you up the Nipple on the south end of the Plateau yet too. :)
 
OK, the standard pressure generator: "this should go fast" (implying that you should all know this one instantly.. ):moses:

Name the stream or the valley. Extra credit for the source of the maroon coloration.
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First hint - the Wind Rivers... (I was typing this as you did @Rockskipper )

I believe that the coloration is due to biologics and not minerals. Some kind of algae. I have observed virtually NO mining activity in the high country of the Windies - or even in the mid-elevations for that matter. Not like the San Juan's of Colorado at all in that respect.
 
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Gunsight Pass? Is it mineralization from a hot spring? Yeah, I don't think the Winds have any mining activity, so that was based on what I've seen in the San Juans.
 
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I know it's the Winds. I had posted something mean and decided to remove the post. I have no use for the Winds....I'll leave it at that. Next.
 
Rockskipper said:
Gunsight Pass? Is it mineralization from a hot spring?
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No, not Gunsight. The valley is on the west side of the Continental Divide. I guess it could be natural mineralization. I found no hot spring and the stream felt normal cold.
 
I'm curious, too. Care to elaborate? All I know is the mosquitoes are voracious little blood-sucking sons of biscuits.
 
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