After living in southwest Utah for over 16 years we finally made it to the High Uinta Mountains located in the northeast corner of our state. What took us so long? It just seemed so far away and we didn't know much about the area. Now that we've been there, it won't be long before we visit again. The area has much to offer with over 1000 natural lakes, 500 miles of streams and miles of hiking trails. The Uintas run east to west for more than 60 miles, with rugged peaks, flat-top mountains, high cliffs, scenic basins, flower filled meadows and crystal clear water. We covered many miles on the dirt roads, fished a few streams and hiked to a couple of lakes. We even had 3 moose sightings!
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| We started out on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway HWY 150 |
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| Our first stop was Provo River Falls |
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| With over 1000 lakes to see.....Trial Lake was a beautiful beginning |
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| Here is Kent at Teapot Lake |
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| All this water has to go somewhere |
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| Spectacular views |
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| The famous "Mirror Lake" |
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| We decided to hike into Ruth Lake |
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| The wildflowers were beautiful |
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| This marmot didn't seem to mind us |
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| We had Ruth Lake all to ourselves |
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| What a pretty setting |
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| Looking back towards Mt. Marsell |
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| On the hike out we spotted a moose |
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| Some of Utah's major river depend on these drainages |
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| Views along the North Slope Scenic Backway |
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| An old cabin |
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| The tent is set up.....time to cook dinner |
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| Canadian bacon, mushroom and black olive flatbread pizzas |
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| East Fork Smith River just over the hill from our camp |
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| The sky threatened, but relented |
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| First catch of the trip |
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| We circled Marsh Lake where we were camped |
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| The setting sun |
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| Henry's Fork |
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| Kent had a blast fishing the streams |
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| Cutthroat trout |
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| A cow moose and her calf along the West Beaver Creek area |
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| No phone service, no traffic......a place to enjoy the quiet |
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| Hole in the Rock Mountain |
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| Hole in the Rock Spring.......very cool |
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| Rain falling along the Flaming Gorge-Uinta Scenic Byway |
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| We drove the entire Elkhorn Loop |
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| Old Elkhorn Guard Station |
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| A nice old barn |
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| Climbing up above Whiterocks |
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| Pole Creek |
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| West Fork Whiterocks River was loaded with fish |
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| Colorful Brook Trout |
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| It was fun to sneak up on some deer |
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| So there really wasn't a trail...... |
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| We thought the creek was coming from a lake |
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| and we were right |
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| Rasmussen Lake #2 |
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| Rugged terrain |
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| Rasmussen Lake #1 |
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| Pretty moth on some flowers |
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| This doe was trying to steal hay from the horse trailer |
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| This was a very cold spring |
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| What a neat wooden trough |
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| Sunset along HWY 6 |
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| We stopped to check out Meadow Hot Springs, there are three pools |
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| We are out in the middle of farm country |
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| This is the second spring, it was a little cooler than the first |
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| The third pool had a lot of fish in it, the first pool was being enjoyed by some people; otherwise I would have taken a picture |
