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Thread: Favorite Uinta Spot
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07-14-2008, 01:02 PM #1
Favorite Uinta Spot
Mine would be Red Castle via Bald Mountain. Did it a few years ago and loved it. Absolutely gorgeous, fantastic hike, and decent fishing.
The previous TR about it made me very jealous.Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
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07-14-2008 01:02 PM # ADS
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07-14-2008, 01:46 PM #2
uhhh... yea, and I probably should have posted the link in here hu? Oops, forgot there is a backpacking section, here is a link (although I'm sure pretty much everyone checks the hiking section that checks here).
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12819
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07-14-2008, 02:42 PM #3
I have done the bald mountain route several times - even camped at bald mountain, went around the knoll, and climbed on top to catch the trail. I love the Red Castle area for scenery, but hate it for fishing, solitude, etc. If you do Red Castle you MUST go up to Smiths Fork Pass - the waterfalls and lakes are amazing.
My favorite area in the Uintas, that I will talk about, would have to be the Upper Lakefork and Oweep drainages. The country is huge, not busy, and absolutely stunning. The only problem I have run across is the sheep that can be in the area - but that happens in the majority of the Uintas. I think the worst areas are: Naturalist Basin & Granddaddy. Especially Granddaddy - the scenery is not that great, the fishing sucks, and there are too many people. At least the Naturalist Basin has scenery.
I have been to almost every drainage and fished hundreds of the lakes. The best places are off trail areas. I have camped in the Wind River range and found it amazing how hard people work to get into an area - trail or no trail. The Uintas are just the opposite - people are lazy. If there isn't a trail, then the people won't go to it, thus the great fishing and scenery at some of the most remote areas.Biking, Hiking, and Fishing are life. Everything else is just fluff.
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07-18-2008, 01:50 AM #4
I have many favorite areas. Some are:
Allsop Lake area
Deadhorse Lake area
(Another vote for) Red Castle from Bald Mountain
Cliff Lake area
Oweep Basin
Upper NW section of Rock Creek
Especially Granddaddy - the scenery is not that great, the fishing sucks, and there are too many people.
If there isn't a trail, then the people won't go to it, thus the great fishing and scenery at some of the most remote areas.
The Cathedral is one of my favorite peaks in the Rockies. This is a spectacular, but seldom climbed peak. Last year I received a message from SP member Joseph Bullough. It read: Just as you mentioned, there was no sign of previous climbers anywhere; no cairns, footprints, summit register, or summit cairn. My ascent was 15 years previous.
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07-21-2008, 01:18 PM #5I have many favorite areas. Some are:
Allsop Lake area
Deadhorse Lake area
Any thoughts?Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
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07-21-2008, 07:49 PM #6I am thinking about doing this, this coming holiday weekend. Into Allsop. over to Deadhorse, out and around over to Priord and out.
Any thoughts?
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07-21-2008, 07:50 PM #7
Oops, double post.
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07-21-2008, 10:39 PM #8It possible to go Allsop to Priord or Allsop to Deadhorse, but the way you have it planned you are going Allsop over to Deadhorse, back to Allsop then Priord?
Its somewhat contrived and based loosely on an idea in High Uinta Trails by Davis and Veranth.Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
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07-22-2008, 05:52 AM #9Actually I was planning on going up the left hand fork of the east fork of the bear river into Allsop, over the ridge to the east to deadhorse lake. Then pick up the highline trail and head over dead horse pass, past ledge lake, over ostler pass and then to Priord lake. Finally coming back out on the right hand fork of the east fork of the bear river. So pretty much about a 28 mile loop.
Anyway, "Allsop Pass" between Allsop Lake and Deadhorse Lake is a good workout with a pack, but really beautiful. Deadhorse Pass isn't too bad, but sometimes the snowbank last a long time and an ice axe is helpful. The pass above Priord Lake isn't bad, but also holds a snowbank late in the year sometimes. The trail is mostly gone and the key to descend it is to look for scraps of trail to the left while starting the descent. Plunging straight down the slope will land you into loose scree, so it's worth the effort to try and look for the scaps of old trail.
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07-22-2008, 08:57 AM #10Anyway, "Allsop Pass" between Allsop Lake and Deadhorse Lake is a good workout with a pack, but really beautiful. Deadhorse Pass isn't too bad, but sometimes the snowbank last a long time and an ice axe is helpful. The pass above Priord Lake isn't bad, but also holds a snowbank late in the year sometimes. The trail is mostly gone and the key to descend it is to look for scraps of trail to the left while starting the descent. Plunging straight down the slope will land you into loose scree, so it's worth the effort to try and look for the scaps of old trail.
I head out tomorrow, and am pumped.Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
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07-22-2008, 11:45 AM #11
I really like the Chain Lakes area. 5 lakes to fish and the fishing has always been really good. Cutts and Broolies in the 4 Chain Lakes and Okey Dokey Lake has some beautiful Goldens in it. Camp in the meadow about a mile below the lower Chain Lake and day trip up to the lakes. The only people we see and there are only a few, are the ones heading down, so they are only passing through.
Okey Doke is about five miles from the meadow and well worth the hike. The Four Chain Lake has some pretty decent sized Cutts in it, but they are very vary and hard to catch. But when you do hook up, generally they are 13' to 19'. 19' being the biggest we have cought out of it. Great spring for water on the third Chain. Brain freeze cold!!!
Gary
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