rlm
08-30-2007, 07:29 PM
finally some of the pictures from our kings peak hike. Some interesting notes and disclosures:
we left henrys fork trailhead wed aug 22 at about 11:00 am, when we arrived at elkhorn crossing we took the bear lake side trail, and shortly after taking that right, we followed a faint trail straight ahead of us, that led us to Henrys fork lake, where we made our 4 day camp.
One of the smartest things we did was take the next day off, not only due to the weather, but it gave us all a chance to acclimate to that altitude. and just plain feel better.
The morning of the ascent, we left at about 6:30 am, traveled up gunsight and over into painters, like almost all rookies I would think, but along the mountain side, we decided to cut straight up and catch the trail, rather than skirt around and take the long way up. this did save us some time, but also took a toll on our wind.
the Hike up was great, weather was great, the only mistake that I made was not taking enough water, I was led to believe that there was no water to be had once we started to make the ascent to the top, this is just not true, a filter would have been nice, especially for the longer than expected descent.
We had probably the best 4 days in the Uintahs that I think I have had for a while. If anyone has any questions about our Itinarary, please post it, we came up with some creative ways to keep our weight down, I traveled with food and water at about 30 lbs. so not bad, I was really trying to get below that.
Also I have been anti trail shoes up until this hike, the descision to finally dump my hiking boots and the subsequent blisters, made this trip really fantastic.
we left henrys fork trailhead wed aug 22 at about 11:00 am, when we arrived at elkhorn crossing we took the bear lake side trail, and shortly after taking that right, we followed a faint trail straight ahead of us, that led us to Henrys fork lake, where we made our 4 day camp.
One of the smartest things we did was take the next day off, not only due to the weather, but it gave us all a chance to acclimate to that altitude. and just plain feel better.
The morning of the ascent, we left at about 6:30 am, traveled up gunsight and over into painters, like almost all rookies I would think, but along the mountain side, we decided to cut straight up and catch the trail, rather than skirt around and take the long way up. this did save us some time, but also took a toll on our wind.
the Hike up was great, weather was great, the only mistake that I made was not taking enough water, I was led to believe that there was no water to be had once we started to make the ascent to the top, this is just not true, a filter would have been nice, especially for the longer than expected descent.
We had probably the best 4 days in the Uintahs that I think I have had for a while. If anyone has any questions about our Itinarary, please post it, we came up with some creative ways to keep our weight down, I traveled with food and water at about 30 lbs. so not bad, I was really trying to get below that.
Also I have been anti trail shoes up until this hike, the descision to finally dump my hiking boots and the subsequent blisters, made this trip really fantastic.