And at the trail junction in question, about a one-hour hike from the Jeep, the head of Long Ridge looks much like Mount Watson does from the trailhead. Fehr Lake, Shepard Lake, Hoover Lake and Marshall Lake are all stocked with fish. The Lofty Lake Loop trail is one of the most popular hikes in the Uinta Mountains. 4x6 original watercolor painting Long Lake Painted on location in the Uinta Mountains One of my favorite places to hike in the summer is up the Uinta mountains of Utah. Crystal Lake (40.6809, -110.965) Crystal Lake is located just off Hwy 150, near Trial Lake, about 26 miles east of Kamas. The hike in was beautiful. Each lake gets an abbreviation that corresponds with when the lake was surveyed. The lower, more moderate, and less intense climbs are a thing of the past. At first I stopped at a small pond--looked mostly like snow melt. Aug 22, 2013 - August 2011 It seems like Priord Lake will elude me this year, at least for the month of August. Bourbon Lake in the Uintas Spent a day last week before the snow fishing Whiskey Lake (not sure if that's the right name). Lost In The Uintas The Tale of Two Hikers. The trail is spotted with picturesque mountain lakes and boasts excellent views of Hayden Peak. This magnificent lake, and the High Uintas in general, reminded me of Rocky Mountain National Park but it didn’t have the crowds and restrictions (that apply to dogs and horses) of a national park. Fishing was good and they were fatties by Uinta standards, getting ready for a long winter I suppose. Route description, maps, GPS waypoints and pictures. Read More. Bourbon Lake in the Uintas 2007 (1) July (1) Thursday, September 4, 2008. We stepped off at the crack o' dawn, and saw nary but one person that early. On the cliff above Long Lake. It is mostly known for a county highpoint, which is an almost drive-up knoll amidst 11,000+ flats. Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weatherreports, maps & tropical weather conditions for the Uintah area. Family Trip Uintas 2019; Yuba Lake State Park; Minnow Patterns; Elk Hair Dry Fly Patterns ; Mayfly Nymph Patterns; Recent Comments. The following panoramic picture captures the fact the shoreline is mostly woody with a rocky edge on the far side. The High Uintas Wilderness Area is by far the largest wilderness area in Utah. Long Lake - Uintas. An overnight backpacking trip in the High Uintas with spectacular landscape at 10,400 ft. Dogs and horses are also able to use this trail. Fish found in the Uintas include arctic grayling, brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, golden trout and rainbow trout. Jammed packed with alpine lakes, meadows, peaks and only four miles in length it’s easy to see why. August 2011 It seems like Priord Lake will elude me this year, at least for the month of August. Find Blissful Solitude in 3 Days, 2 Nights in the High Uintas. The Uintas is home to Camp Steiner, the highest Boy Scout camp in the United States at 10,400 feet (3,200 m). The lake we were at was a bit below 10,000' so we had a few colorful trees around. Notch Lake Uintas Adventure. I was on sort of a scouting mission to see how the snow melt was progressing, and to scope out some areas for trips I have coming up this season. It does not take long after leaving Chipeta Lake to enter a wilderness incomparable in remoteness to that of the first 40 miles. When I sat down to sketch out the composition for the painting, I realized I had I did a full loop on the bottom trail heading to duck lake, then up to island lake, then the top trail back to long lake. We just describe some of the most popular routes here. I thought I'd be out of the Uintas until next year but the freakishly warm weather made it feel an awful lot like August up there. 80 miles was a long way to go. Instead, I'd start at Leidy Peak and end at Hoyt Peak, giving me a hike that was both more beautiful and spanned the entire length of the above-treeline-Uintas. Buy Photos. Trails here interconnect with other trails and allow long hikes in several directions. View Larger Image; Long Lake in the Uinta mountain range near Kamas, Utah is a wonderful short hike of about 4 miles round trip. Long Lake in the Uinta mountain range near Kamas, [...] Search for: Recent Posts. From Crystal Lake trailhead, go 0.1 mile to a trail junction. Find wilderness solitude at Cutthroat Lake. Island Lake Loop, Uintas. Some of the abbreviations such as X will be used in multiple drainage’s so it can be confusing. Crystal Lake is a beautiful spot in its own right, and serves as an important trailhead for hikes to nearby lakes. Since there are over 1000 lakes in the Uintas you can have a lot of repeating lake names. That's right--go crazy and don't mow the lawn for a Saturday here and there. 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