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Thread: Uinta Access, etc.
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07-07-2011, 02:14 PM #121
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07-07-2011 02:14 PM # ADS
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07-07-2011, 03:07 PM #122
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??
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07-08-2011, 05:27 AM #123
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.
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07-08-2011, 05:29 AM #124
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07-08-2011, 05:33 AM #125
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07-08-2011, 04:10 PM #126
Helicopter Fly-Over
This is a sweet report from someone that did a Uinta fly-over. Pretty sweet. Includes pics:
High Uintas Helicopter FlyOver July 8th
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07-08-2011, 05:37 PM #127
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07-08-2011, 08:29 PM #128
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.Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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07-08-2011, 08:43 PM #129
bird's eye view of the uintas from today. uh, tons of snow still... lol.
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/U...view_collapsed
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07-08-2011, 11:16 PM #130
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.
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!
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!
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07-09-2011, 04:01 PM #131
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
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 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.Customizable Adult & Kids shirts, onesies, and More
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07-09-2011, 04:04 PM #132
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.
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07-09-2011, 05:16 PM #133
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07-11-2011, 12:42 AM #134
Ok everyone. My trip report here on bogley can be found here: http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthre...772#post462772
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07-11-2011, 03:31 PM #135
Crystal and Long Lake Snow Conditions
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.
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07-12-2011, 11:12 AM #136
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?
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07-12-2011, 12:03 PM #137
No. This is a great thread for that stuff! I'll be reporting back from a trip next weekend that should be very helpful.
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.
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07-12-2011, 02:28 PM #138
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07-12-2011, 02:55 PM #139
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07-13-2011, 08:41 AM #140
Elizabeth ridge
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?
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