High Uinta ~5 day backpacking ideas Last edited by mkpatrick on Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:36 am, edited 1 time in total. Posts: 85Joined: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:36 amLocation: Portland, Oregon, United States Thanked: 0 time in 0 post The Uintas....what an awesome place. Posts: 8Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:33 pmLocation: West Haven, Utah, United States Thanked: 1 time in 1 post The following user would like to thank imontop for this postmkpatrick Posts: 182Joined: Sun May 30, 2004 5:16 am Thanked: 3 times in 3 posts The following user would like to thank markv for this postmkpatrick I currently have a week off from June 7th-13th. I wanted to push it back a week or two, but am unable due other people being off. Late Sept is my #2 option. If TH access is doable and the south slopes are melted out, this may be the ticket. I certainly dont mind some snow travel, but dont really want 5days of continuous snow travel. Going early would keep the crowds down and dodging the mosquitos is always a great idea.

Do you think the lakes will be melted out for fishing or still frozen in early June? I am getting all fired up just thinking about it. June 7-13 is pushing things a little. Your best bet would be to do something on the south side of the main Uinta crest e.g the Swift Creek/Yellowstone Basin/Garfield Basin area. However, I think things on the north slope e.g. Henrys Fork Basin and the Red Castle area are more scenic, but there is more likely to be an unpleasant amount of snow in those areas that time of year. On June 16 of 2009 I hiked to the top of Bluebell Pass via the Swift Creek Trail and encountered minimal snow. All lakes encountered along the way were completely melted out. But, these were all small lakes such as White Miller Lake, 10966, 10919, 10912, etc. I didn't pass by any of the bigger ones. On June 18 of 2008 while climbing Mount Emmons I had good view into the upper Swift Creek drainage and the big lakes such as East and West Timothy Lakes and Farmers Lake were still frozen over.

The following picture is looking NW into the Swift Creek Drainage and was taken from the Mount Emmons ridge, about 1.75 miles S of the summit. meuse backpack reviewThe largest lakes in the picture from L to R are Farmers and E Timothy lake in front of W Timothy Lake.stihl 650 backpack blower Last edited by ZeeJay on Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.stm eclipse backpack Posts: 155Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:04 amLocation: Salt Lake City, Utah, United Statescostco backpack swiss army Thanked: 50 times in 36 posts The following user would like to thank ZeeJay for this postmkpatrick Posts: 159Joined: Tue May 25, 2004 1:08 amLocation: Minnesota, United States

Thanked: 2 times in 2 posts The following user would like to thank 46and2 for this postmkpatrick Crazy that you mentioned this option. I have been studying Topo maps and was considering this idea because I really wanted to see the Dead Horse Lake area. Do you have a rough milage estimate for this option? Also, does anyone know of a shuttle service that operates on the north slope of the High Uintas? The route as I have described it is probably in the 40-45 mile range. What is nice is that once you are up in the basins there is not too much up and down except for the passes. The East Fork Blacks Fork TH and probably Smiths Fork TH are the two on the north slope that can be used for a loop hike. I know of no shuttle service but maybe a local SP'er could help out. One other option is to do a hike I have planned out but not attempted yet: o Henry's Fork TH o South to Henry's Fork Basin - Camp 1 o South over Gunsite Pass and Trailrider Pass to Lake Atwood - Camp 2

o North back over Trailrider Pass, Anderson Pass and then south over to Kings Lake at the southern base of South Kings Peak - Camp 3 o North over Smiths Fork Pass to East Red Castle Lake, Smiths Fork Pass Lake or Lower Red Castle Lake - Camp 4 o Northeast past Lake Hessie back into Henry's Fork and back to the car. Here are a few images of Deadhorse Lake. Don't tell anyone else about it though! If you want to see Deadhorse Lake while using a loop hike, there are two excellent options. 1. East Fork Bear River to Allsop Lake, over the pass to Deadhorse Lake and down West Fork Blacks Fork to the Bear River Smiths Fork Trail. 2. East Fork Bear River to Priord Lake, over Ostler/Priord pass to Helen Lake and the Head of Rock Creek trail to Deadhorse Passk down to Deadhorse Lake and down West Fork Blacks Fork to the Bear River Smiths Fork Trail. Elsewhere, I list some of my favorite loops/routes on the page below: Posts: 8019Joined: Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:03 pmLocation: Craig, Colorado, United States

Thanked: 1030 times in 529 posts Re: High Uinta ~5 day backpacking ideas Last edited by mkpatrick on Fri May 10, 2013 3:45 pm, edited 1 time in total. /original/424027.JPGI think this photo shows the pass from Priord to Helen. Looks kind of sketchy/loose, but I think it will go early season? Last edited by mkpatrick on Fri May 10, 2013 3:43 pm, edited 1 time in total. • Page 1 of 2 • 12 by rmjwinters » Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:52 pm Last post by Teresa Gergen Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:04 am Moderate/challenging Western Uinta day hikes? by theBecca » Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:02 am Last post by Dmitry Pruss Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:40 pm 5-day road trip to Zion and Antelope Canyon, ideas? by tongy » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:08 pm Last post by MoapaPk Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:18 pm 3 day backpacking winter trip in Uintas by WinterKlondike » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:48 pm Last post by WinterKlondike Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:26 am