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Originally Posted by kaufnizer
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Pretty cool link. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by kaufnizer
That's pretty sweet. I love google earth. But, I wonder how accurate that data is. I looked at the various snow layers (7/7/11) and it doesn't show any snow at Wall Lake where I was just at a on Monday (see pictures earlier in this thread). I wonder how they obtain/calculate the layers??Quote:
Originally Posted by kaufnizer
I don't think I can convince my friends to go to the Uintas now. Thankfully, I have my own planned trip next month with another friend. Not to Kings, but up near Fish Lake.
I'm pretty sure that's about where we're heading. I guess I'm more interested in getting away from people and fishing than anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Nebz
Thanks. Like I said, my friends will be hard to convince at this point, though I'm rarin' to get up into the Uintas. I'm gonna give it one more shot to convince them. But I think Boulder Mountain could be kind of interesting considering I've never been there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ibenick
This is a sweet report from someone that did a Uinta fly-over. Pretty sweet. Includes pics:
High Uintas Helicopter FlyOver July 8th
Make sure you got shade, and pick the shady spots for camp, I imagine it is gonna be warm down there now. Look forward to your report when you return. :2thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wasatch Rebel
Everyone's worried about the snow, but IMHO, now is the time to go. Once the upper basins are mostly melted off, it will be mosquito heaven. In 1995, another heavy snow year, early July was great (albeit snowy) and the mosquitoes were horrible when we went in mid-August (in light snow years they're mostly gone by then). 1998 was similar as well.
The snow is usually hard in the morning hours, wet in the afternoons. In a heavy snow year, if I had to choose between snow or hordes of mosqitoes (and they will come out-but much later this year), I would choose the snow.
bird's eye view of the uintas from today. uh, tons of snow still... lol.
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/U...view_collapsed
100% deet is always in my pack. After Alaska, where that sometimes just was not enough, I always pack nothing less. And compared to the skeeters I dealt with in Alaska, these pesky little bastards here in Utah are like the size of gnats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott P
Last year we hit the first snow free weekend in the Uintas, Duck Lake, first weekend in June 2010. When it was not raining, it was swarming time! Did not matter morning, noon or evening, you had to have a skeeter net on unless you were in a windy spot or it was raining. We both had the black cloud of blood suckers hovering around us. Trust me, I am glad I can pinch a loaf in a jiffy, for them swarming, biting, blood suckers will try to tap a vein where ever they can. Ouch! :scared:
I think some of the hatches have died, and some of them have already happened. I think the upper reaches will not see it as bad as the low lying boggy areas out there this year. Standing water out there this summer is gonna be a nightmare of skeeters no matter how you slice it. Just too much water to avoid the hatches. Grand Daddy Basin for example is gonna be terrible with the skeeters. Bring Ya Deet! :nod:
Hey Guys, we just got back from the Uintas today actually. We were planning on coming home tomorrow but the "people pollution" got to me. I am going to be blogging my trip later tonight as well as leaving a trip report.
But, I just read the last two pages of this thread that I missed and WOW!! I was laughing so hard :roflol:
But seriously, Washington is partly froze.... Trial is crowded as crap.... Echo was fun but we got hailed on so hard it isn't funny. It rained and hailed almost all day Thursday. It rained every night since wednesday. Pass was fun but there were kids there all day throwing rocks in the lake and yelling :angryfire: Butterfly is about 75% froze. The back road to trial was kinda fun but we couldn't make it the last 3 miles because my big ol' dodge couldn't get up the "river hill" (I was in 4 low and climbing but my wife made me stop). and the rest will be in a report later tonight.
and by "river hill" i mean that the rocks were way too slick since there was a river flowing down the hill spanning the whole width of the road.
Hey, I aim to please. :haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by dmMatrix
On a serious note- Yeah, heard the same thing, no where to park and tonz of tourists. I am still saying fall is gonna be sick up there. The upper Wasatch is opening up. Maybe hit a few of those areas before rolling into HWY 150 this year.
Ok everyone. My trip report here on bogley can be found here: http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthre...772#post462772
The full report can of coarse be found on my blog @ http://ryanfreakingwood.blogspot.com
These posts: http://ryanfreakingwood.blogspot.com...y-driving.html
http://ryanfreakingwood.blogspot.com...-rain-let.html
Trial Lake is melted. Hiked up to Long Lake this weekend. The trailhead should be accessable by now, but there was some snow on the road a day ago. People with trucks and SUV's can make it for sure, and sedans today or within the next day or two probably. The hike to crystal is mostly melted off, easily accessable IMO. The trail to long lake is mostly covered in snow, but we made the trek anyway. The lake is still patchy ice. Saw one fish, but an hour or so of fishing yielded nothing. We used a map and compass to find our way since the trail was covered.
Keep the info coming. I'm planning on Kings Peak at the end of the month via Henry's Fork. Is there a different thread on this forum specific to conditions around Kings?
No. This is a great thread for that stuff! I'll be reporting back from a trip next weekend that should be very helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pfrosty
Yo Mike, since you started this thread, you should change the title of it to just Uinta Access (edit your OP and click go advanced), delete the "(HWY 150)" so maybe we won't have any more issues. :lol8:
Done! (Thanks...I actually wasn't sure how to change the thread name...now I do).Quote:
Originally Posted by ibenick
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Originally Posted by kniephof
So anyone been out on the east side of the Uintas lately? :lol8:
Anyone know if Elizabeth ridge is open yet? We are supposed to be camping on the 23rd near lyman lake. Anyone know of how this area is?
I just checked the Fish Stocking report and several of the lakes on Hwy 150 were stocked this week including: Trial, Lily, Lost, Teapot, Mirror, and Pass. There may have been more but those are the ones that I did see. So, if you are heading up there soon the fishing is sure to be great :2thumbs:
I fished at Mirror Yesterday and my friend and I caught about 60 of there... Mostly Rainbow planters a few Tigers, Albinos and Brookes. Fished Washington and Crystal.... pretty slow there..
I wanted to fish Crystal Last week but decided not to. Hopefully it will pick up by the next time I'm up there. I want to hit Ibantik and the Three Divides sooooooo badly.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes242
drove over it on the 14th. it's golden, nothing to worry about. heading up to elizabeth ridge from lyman lake there was a spot i couldn't get my honda civic past. higher clearance recommended.Quote:
Originally Posted by out4fun
just back from a couple of nights in amethyst basin. snow is inconsequential. amethyst was probably 80 percent frozen when we got there, maybe 70 percent or less when we left. still snow at 10,500 in big drifts, but nothing to worry about.
oh yeah, and ZERO mosquitoes. good times. :2thumbs:
Sounds to me like the western Uintas (except passes) are now ready for backpacking. Thanks for the update. I'll snap a pic of amethyst next weekend. It will be interesting to see what one week can do for a half frozen lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarpeyBiggs
ice at amethyst, from friday july 15, 2011
Lookin' pretty damn good for 10,800 feet. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by CarpeyBiggs
Agreed, that is still a pretty lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by ibenick
Sorry for the late post. I was up Echo lake last tuesday then hit the crystal lake trailhead wednesday through thursday. Echo is still really wet with occasional snow drifts. The road to crystal lake is completely clear. There are still a bunch of snow drifts in the area and more so as you start going up on the trails. We only went up to cliff lake and camped there. There's still a lot of snow and it was fairly difficult finding a dry spot to camp. The lake still had some ice on it around the shoreline, but was mostly clear. Fishing was not very good. I hiked up the ridge to petite lake and it's pretty much still frozen with the exception around the inlet. I hiked above that and could see clyde lake. It looked open and I saw a couple people camping down there. I believe you could make it to the divide lakes, but it's very wet and I would highly recommend waterproof boots. I bet by the end of this week conditions would be favorable. We ended up fishing trial lake on thursday and the fishing was very fast. I'll try to get around doing a trip report later today.
That is so good to hear. I was waiting a bit before going back again this month. Hopefully the fishing in there will pick up a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by sillyman
Now is the time it seems. I went up to Island Lake (Provo) on Sunday - then went to Fire Lake. Fished Island, Fire, Duck, Wier, Marjorie, and Pot lakes - no fish. The snow was thick in places - especially around Island and Duck lakes. I don't know why I went over there - I hate the areas West of Hwy 150 as they are the absolute worst fishing in the Uintas.
Thanks for the update. We're excite to get up there. I've heard the road from lyman lake through elizabeth ridge is pretty bad. We've decided to take a alternate route do to the poor road conditions. Had a friend head up there last weekend that gave thumbs up to the route from Fort Bridger wy to lyman lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarpeyBiggs
Wait..... WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by brookiekiller
Its just this year is all. Last year at marjorie around this time we were catching a fish around every 3rd or 4th cast.... not to mention they were nice sized. plus the greyling. most of the lakes you mentioned are all full of fish normally but this year had lots of winterkill. Don't give up on those lakes quite yet.
Yeah, about this time two years ago, I was hauling fish out of Weir. What were you using? I found worms to be quite effective, and usually do in those Uinta Lakes. The lakes with grayling I've caught them mostly on flies reeled slowly behind a bubble.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmMatrix
Has anyone been to Spirit Lake, Tamarack Lake, or Fish Lake yet this year? This is where we're planning to trek in on July 27-30. Anyone have any thoughts about how muddy it's gonna be? We expect some snow, but hope that the mozzy's won't be out in full force yet. Thanks for any input.
search function... :2thumbs:
you'll be fine, the eastern side is good to go.
http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthre...er-Spirit-Lake
http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthre...ntas-July-2011
How was the trail out to Duck Lake? Were you post holing or just walking over piles of snow? How were the skeeters?Quote:
Originally Posted by brookiekiller
We got a report from a friend who was out there this past weekend and he said the ice is off Duck Lake and the Cuttys were spawning. Any info on this would be great. Thanks. :nod:
Sorry, I am new to the forums as you can tell, and I have been reading like mad for the last few days trying to find any info I can. Using ctrl+f a lot, but forgot to check for a built in forum search function. Thanks for the links to the posts.
no worries. welcome to bogley. be sure to let us know how it goes. btw, i'd expect not much snow, but the mozzies will be unmerciful i bet. have a good time.Quote:
Originally Posted by moonfire711