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Every year, I grab a campsite in the Uintas for a weekend and on that Saturday I plan a day hike, hopefully one I haven't tried before. So this year I decided to hike up to the Notch. As we were leaving our campground to drive to the trailhead, we saw five moose - one bull, three females and one calf. The females ended up running the bull off.
Our route started at the Bald Mountain Trailhead and headed to Notch Lake. After arriving at the lake, we headed cross country to Hope Lake where we then picked up the trail to the Notch. On our off-trail route we ran into a rock field where we encountered seven Pikas. I had never seen more than one or two at a time before so I was a bit surprised. We encountered many people along the trails and lakes, but we saw no one on our off-trail portion. The views form the Notch were pretty terrific in all directions. Here are some shots of our hike.
Bull Moose
Bull with one of the females
Bald Mountain
Trail junction sign
You can make out the Notch through the trees
Reids Peak
Meadow shot with the southern end of Haystack Mountain visible in the distance
Rocky terrain along the trail
Clegg Lake
Notch Lake
Heading off-trail
View from our cross country route
Rock field that was full of Pikas, with Mount Watson in the distance
A Pika with his head turned from the camera
A small meadow between the lakes
Another view of Haystack Mountain
Coming down to Hope Lake
Hope Lake and Mount Watson
Getting closer to the Notch
Trail junction sign
Almost up to the Notch. The western ridge of Notch Mountain looms above
View from the Notch
View into the Weber Drainage form the Notch
Eastern ridge of Notch Mountain
On the Notch
A friendly chipmunk on the Notch
View from the Notch of Mount Watson
Bushwhacking on our way back to Notch Lake
Cross country travel
View of Reids Peak from Clegg Lake on our way back
One more shot of Bald Mountain from the trail
Our route started at the Bald Mountain Trailhead and headed to Notch Lake. After arriving at the lake, we headed cross country to Hope Lake where we then picked up the trail to the Notch. On our off-trail route we ran into a rock field where we encountered seven Pikas. I had never seen more than one or two at a time before so I was a bit surprised. We encountered many people along the trails and lakes, but we saw no one on our off-trail portion. The views form the Notch were pretty terrific in all directions. Here are some shots of our hike.
Bull Moose
Bull with one of the females
Bald Mountain
Trail junction sign
You can make out the Notch through the trees
Reids Peak
Meadow shot with the southern end of Haystack Mountain visible in the distance
Rocky terrain along the trail
Clegg Lake
Notch Lake
Heading off-trail
View from our cross country route
Rock field that was full of Pikas, with Mount Watson in the distance
A Pika with his head turned from the camera
A small meadow between the lakes
Another view of Haystack Mountain
Coming down to Hope Lake
Hope Lake and Mount Watson
Getting closer to the Notch
Trail junction sign
Almost up to the Notch. The western ridge of Notch Mountain looms above
View from the Notch
View into the Weber Drainage form the Notch
Eastern ridge of Notch Mountain
On the Notch
A friendly chipmunk on the Notch
View from the Notch of Mount Watson
Bushwhacking on our way back to Notch Lake
Cross country travel
View of Reids Peak from Clegg Lake on our way back
One more shot of Bald Mountain from the trail
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