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Scott Card · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 2260 Location: Provo, Utah

Has anyone been up to or know of the current conditions at or around Mirror Lake, Trial Lake, Moosehorn Lake or others near by? Too early still or are they open and camp sites available (snow free)?

Deeps · Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Sugar Hood

I drove MLH on May 27th. Signs at the bottom said it was open through to Camp Roger, but when I got there the gate was open and I could drive clear road to Upper Provo Falls. Above that (Trial, Moosehorn, Mirror) were blocked by signs, slush, and a ridge of snow that had been plowed as a temporary barrier.

Crews were working above this... and some people had driven around the signs and snow barrier. Not sure about lake ice or campground conditions, still 50/50 coverage around the area with occasional deep spots.

shaggy125 · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject:

UDOT is projecting the road will be open entirely by the second or third week in June. When Trial will be free of snow enough to be "open" though I don't know. Watch this link for updates (scroll to the bottom):

http://www.dot.state.ut.us/main/f?p=100:pg:0:::1:T,V:1673,

Scott Card · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 2260 Location: Provo, Utah

Thanks gentlemen. I had a hunch I was jumping the gun a bit for a trip next week.

mudjumper · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 26

A buddy of mine was up there this last weekend (May 30-31), and he said he was able to drive all the way up to Mirror Lake. When I asked him about the snow situation, he said it's "gone". And that there is "a little in the shadowey areas, but gone off the roads and walk way".

Take it FWIW, but that's the report I got.

Russ

Scott Card · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 2260 Location: Provo, Utah

mudjumper wrote: A buddy of mine was up there this last weekend (May 30-31), and he said he was able to drive all the way up to Mirror Lake. When I asked him about the snow situation, he said it's "gone". And that there is "a little in the shadowey areas, but gone off the roads and walk way".

Take it FWIW, but that's the report I got.

Russ HMMMMMM....... Maybe I will venture up there yet. I will keep my eyes on the UDOT site and give the ranger station a call if I can find the number. Isn't it the one in Kamas that deals with the Mirror lake area? Anyone?

mudjumper · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 26

Yeah, the guys at the ranger station in Kamas should have a good idea.

shaggy125 · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject:

mudjumper wrote: A buddy of mine was up there this last weekend (May 30-31), and he said he was able to drive all the way up to Mirror Lake. When I asked him about the snow situation, he said it's "gone". And that there is "a little in the shadowey areas, but gone off the roads and walk way".

Take it FWIW, but that's the report I got.

Russ

Hmmm... I've never seen the snow that low before the road opens when I've gone up there but who knows. Scott, if you venture out there, let us know what it's like. I want to do some climbing and trail running once the snow clears out.

shaggy125 · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:21 am Post subject:

According to the udot site the Mirror Lake Highway is open now. I may head out there on Wednesday morning for some trail running. If I do I'll let you know if the camping areas look open or not. :)

TooeleCherokee · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 227 Location: Tooele Utah

shaggy125 wrote: According to the udot site the Mirror Lake Highway is open now. I may head out there on Wednesday morning for some trail running. If I do I'll let you know if the camping areas look open or not. :)

I was camping up there Friday and Saturday night :).. all of the campgrounds at the top are closed, Trial, Lilly/Teapot, Lost Lake (though there are a couple of sites you can get to now that we plowed down the road with my jeep and tent trailer - some winching was needed to get through the 4 foot+ consolidated drifts), Mirror Lake.. but the main road is open..

we got 21 fish in 15 hours of fishing on Lost Lake so not too bad :)

Deeps · Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Sugar Hood

TooeleCherokee wrote:
we got 21 fish in 15 hours of fishing on Lost Lake so not too bad :)

I'd like to take the kids up there to fish this week, but we had a bad experience last year on Ruth Lake, total skunkage.

Is Lost Lake stocked? What were you catching and what gear were you using? Is there a good part of the lake to fish? I want the kids to have some success and want to go back.

We did Moon Lake last summer and they had a blast, but that's a haul for a day trip.

Scott Card · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 2260 Location: Provo, Utah

Yep, crappy weather so I am headed south. The Uintahs will have to wait for another day. Camping in the rain/snow with kids just didn't sound fun.

TooeleCherokee · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 227 Location: Tooele Utah

Deeps wrote: TooeleCherokee wrote:
we got 21 fish in 15 hours of fishing on Lost Lake so not too bad :)

I'd like to take the kids up there to fish this week, but we had a bad experience last year on Ruth Lake, total skunkage.

Is Lost Lake stocked? What were you catching and what gear were you using? Is there a good part of the lake to fish? I want the kids to have some success and want to go back.

We did Moon Lake last summer and they had a blast, but that's a haul for a day trip.

We got a lot of small brookies that needed to be tossed back.. some nice 12-13 inch guys out of there too :).. We were using Red (or kinda red ) power bait and worms/grubs with salmon eggs. We were at the north east end right where the water from the Stream comes in.. it was a very good spot. other people were doing good down a ways as well and said that fish get bigger as you go south but we were enjoying ourselves :)

it was stormy off and on the whole time but nothing a good jacket couldn't handle :).. I have no clue if the lake is stocked or not I would assume so but the normal stock is 8 inch and we were getting smaller than that.. Still fun no matter what

Deeps · Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Sugar Hood

Thanks! Too funny, I went Lost Lake early this morning...

I got there a little after seven in the morning. I started at Lost near the northeast stream inlet but had zero luck for about an hour in sporadic rain/drizzle. I tried Foxes, Jakes, and worm/Salmon egg... Not a nibble. I parked in the campground, and took this photo with my iPhone – it's just inside the entrance:

Then I moved back to Trial. Still a good drift on the near dam. I tried the lures with no success, but bait was a hit. Lots of takers, all sizes. Despite continued rain turned sleet/hail turned snow I had a great morning. Nice show by a bald eagle who would come from a dead tree next to the lodge and buzz the lake. I caught my first albino trout, those guys are fun. The smaller Rainbow were sometimes hard to notice on the line. Absolutely no fight in them at all.

I'm no pro and have little clue about what I'm doing with fish, but I feel if the weather were a little warmer it would be a good place for the kids to have a successful fishing experience. Thanks again for the tips...

Summit · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 2781 Location: 127.0.0.1

Anyone have an update on the lilly lake area?

Thanks