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I'm heading out Saturday morning, July 21, 2012, along with Dan Ransom and Cody to hike the famous Uintas Highline Trail. Depending on who you talk to or what book you read, it should stack up to somewhere between 70 and 90 miles of hiking with the side trips we have planned.
Our plan is to get it done in 7 days starting from Leidy Peak on the east end and finishing at the Mirror Lake Highway on the west end. 55 miles in a straight line but there are 11 mountain passes standing in the way.
I've decided to put my new DeLorme inReach 2-way satellite communicator to the test on this trip and essentially live-blog the trip through this thread. I'll post a bit as we get packed up and head out, and then once we're on the trail, I'll update this thread via messages sent to my wife audraiam who will update the thread with new information.
Here's a map of our approximate route. Check out the live map at http://backcountrypost.com/highline to see our location as we complete the hike. Once you're there, zoom in and press the "+" button next to the my current location to see our tracks. That map will be empty until Saturday afternoon.
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<iframe width="900" height="500" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214533597045798101523.0004a392c0042f58525f6&ie=UTF8&t=p&ll=40.75662,-110.34256&spn=0.520126,1.234589&z=10&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214533597045798101523.0004a392c0042f58525f6&ie=UTF8&t=p&ll=40.75662,-110.34256&spn=0.520126,1.234589&z=10&source=embed" style="text-align:left">Highline Trail 2012</a> in a larger map</small><br><br>[/parsehtml]I'm packing my bag right now. I'll be using my Osprey Kestrel 36 day pack for the trip. I just got everything in there except for food, water and fishing gear since I haven't decided what to bring. I threw all that on the scale and I'm weighing in at 21.6 pounds so far. Any bets on what I'll be at once we throw in food for 7 days, a liter of water and a fishing rod of some sort? If I'm sub-35 lbs, I might splurge and throw in a liter of whiskey.
A pic from last year on my Red Castle loop, just west of Porcupine Pass on the Highline Trail. Up until now, the furthest east I've set foot on the Highline.
Our plan is to get it done in 7 days starting from Leidy Peak on the east end and finishing at the Mirror Lake Highway on the west end. 55 miles in a straight line but there are 11 mountain passes standing in the way.
I've decided to put my new DeLorme inReach 2-way satellite communicator to the test on this trip and essentially live-blog the trip through this thread. I'll post a bit as we get packed up and head out, and then once we're on the trail, I'll update this thread via messages sent to my wife audraiam who will update the thread with new information.
Here's a map of our approximate route. Check out the live map at http://backcountrypost.com/highline to see our location as we complete the hike. Once you're there, zoom in and press the "+" button next to the my current location to see our tracks. That map will be empty until Saturday afternoon.
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<iframe width="900" height="500" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214533597045798101523.0004a392c0042f58525f6&ie=UTF8&t=p&ll=40.75662,-110.34256&spn=0.520126,1.234589&z=10&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214533597045798101523.0004a392c0042f58525f6&ie=UTF8&t=p&ll=40.75662,-110.34256&spn=0.520126,1.234589&z=10&source=embed" style="text-align:left">Highline Trail 2012</a> in a larger map</small><br><br>[/parsehtml]I'm packing my bag right now. I'll be using my Osprey Kestrel 36 day pack for the trip. I just got everything in there except for food, water and fishing gear since I haven't decided what to bring. I threw all that on the scale and I'm weighing in at 21.6 pounds so far. Any bets on what I'll be at once we throw in food for 7 days, a liter of water and a fishing rod of some sort? If I'm sub-35 lbs, I might splurge and throw in a liter of whiskey.
A pic from last year on my Red Castle loop, just west of Porcupine Pass on the Highline Trail. Up until now, the furthest east I've set foot on the Highline.