A lightweight backpack hardly seems worth the trouble to take off while. Ashley national forest, high uintas wilderness, kings peak, marsh peak, mount lovenia, uinta national forest, wasatch national forest. Fly fishing while backpacking, uinta mountains youtube. Suggestions for uinta national forest in june advice ill be going through uinta national forest in utah this junejuly and am looking for a good 24 day backpacking routes or car camping spots with good. The high uintas wilderness envelops the wild core of this massive mountain range. Nearly the entire range lies within uintawasatchcache national forest on the north and west and ashley national. The uintas are a pristine area known for hiking, backpacking, and fishing, among other activities. Alltrails has 90 great hiking trails, running trails, lake trails and more, with hand curated trail maps and driving directions as well as detailed. Gaia phone app gps and caltopo mapping software we use both these services for many of our backpacking trips to assist with route.
The most famous backpacking trip in the uintas, kings peak is the highest point in utah at,512 feet. Other trails can lead to a backpacking adventure for a night or. With hundreds of miles of trails that wind through thick forests of lodge pole. Red castle lakes backpacking guide high uintas cleverhiker. Hiking and backpacking guide to notch mountain area of the uinta mountains. Located in the ashley and wasatchcache national forests, the high uintas wilderness, established by congress in 1984, totals approximately 460,000 acres on the wasatchcache and the. High uintas wilderness topo map, duchesne county ut. Map of australia australia map provides a wide variety of information about political and physical map, city and state. Lakes country trail hike, high uintas, utah katie wanders. Gis stands for geographic information system, the field of data.
Thats rightgo crazy and dont mow the lawn for a saturday here. Elevations range from 8,000 feet in the canyons to over,000 feet. If you are considering a backpacking trip in the flaming gorge area, the high uinta mountains cant be beat. A selection of interesting and relevant links suggested by software maps. This page shows the location of uinta mountains, utah, usa on a detailed road map. From classics like kings peak and naturalist basin, to lesserknown destinations such as hidden lake, late summer sees. At 6am the next morning, we rubbed our eyes awake and began the ritual of packing.
Backpacking has no equal alpine venue in the state of utah than the uinta mountains. Explore the alpine vistas, glacierformed lakes and utahs highest peaks with the trails illustrated high uintas wilderness topographic map. Located in northeastern utah, the uinta mountains were named for the uintaat indians, early relatives of the modern ute tribe. For our trip, we hiked with the national geographic high uintas. The high uintas wilderness area contains all of the,000 foot peaks in utah, and more than half of the 12,000 foot peaks in utah. Although the trails here are wellmarked, you always want to hike with a good map and gps system, such as gaia gps. Make a custom map for your next adventure backpacker. A twohour drive from any of these cities can put you at any one of a dozen uinta trailheads. A guide to the regions greatest hikes by brett prettyman, an outdoors editor for the salt lake city tribune. High uintas wilderness area utah 2020 all you need to.
Kings castle loop 5 day backpacking loop in the uintas. The uinta mountains are part of the wasatch and uinta montane forests ecoregion. If your route requires more than one topo, repeat steps 511 to build other maps. After spending some time with a map, we decided on a route that would take us to both kings. While backpacking opportunites in the uintas are almost endless, here are a few excellent backpacking. Characterized by the highest peaks in utah, countless lakes, and a unique alpine ecosystem, it is among the nations most outstanding wilderness areas. Summer of 2015, our backpacking crew was looking for an awesome 5day trip in the uintas. Hiking and backpacking guide to the uinta mountains. O ther than the brooks range in alaska, the uintas are the most prominent eastwest range in the united states. Located in the lesstraveled eastern section of the range, this is one of utahs real bucketlist adventures. Hot autumn weather has made for low water but easy backpacking to over 11,000 ft in the uinta mountains of utah. Buy a backpacker pro map weve teamed up with map partner mytopo to create custom, preplanned adventures printed on waterproof topo paper.
A full utm grid is printed on the map to aid with gps navigation. Ive been perusing this site and have a couple of trail maps, but id really like your suggestions. Complete with maps, route descriptions, gps waypoints and pictures. Its too bad, because in terms of fast, simple software and high quality maps, no one can beat routebuddy imo. I have received so many web searches looking for hikes in the uinta mountains, that i decided to put them all on one page. Every trails illustrated map is printed on backcountry tough waterproof, tearresistant paper. Name your map, pick a grid overlay, and decide if you want hillshading. Amethyst basin backpacking guide high uintas cleverhiker. The trail passes through expansive alpine landscapes dominated by.
Ashley national forest, high uintas wilderness, kings peak, marsh peak, mount. This book is the number one selling trail guide on the high uinta mountains. The entire range encompasses a huge area but most backpackers planning more than an. Some trails are easy and fun for families with small children. High uintas wilderness is displayed on the garfield basin usgs quad topo map. Not an area for novices make sure you have and can read a map, use. Welltraveled 19thcentury explorer ferdinand hayden called utahs vast uinta mountainswith their gorgeous pine forests, highalpine meadows, and graceful symmetryhis. The information it provides is priceless, and is compiled in an easy to understand format. The 32 miles is best done in a threeday backpack that requires you to gain 4,200 feet along the way.
Ideally, our trip would be to hike in to our destination, perhaps 5 to 7 miles. Notch mountain trail is part of the circle of friends program. High uintas wilderness is in the reserves category for duchesne county in the state of utah. Its worldclass fishing, river running, biking, hiking, and. Uinta county school district number one does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a. Uinta county gis maps are cartographic tools to relay spatial and geographic information for land and property in uinta county, wyoming.
High uintas wilderness map national geographic maps trails illustrated on. Northeastern utah enjoy dinosaur national monument, scenic byways, state parks, wilderness areas, heritage trails, petroglyphs, and family fun. This should make it eaiser to find a particular hike in the uintas. High uintas backpacking red castle lakes action photo tours. Backpacking uinta mountains hiking utah visit utah. Uinta backpacking recommendations backcountry post. I decided to hike the lakes country trail so i could see some of the gorgeous high altitude lakes that make up the uintas. Top quality, great selection and expert advice you can trust. This app lets you download maps offline, perfect for those remote trips where a signal is unattainable. Like most tourism destinations, uinta mountains, utah provides free pamphlets and brochures to visitors, highlighting the sights and activities of uinta mountains. The maps 3d pro hiking app focuses on map usage, which is perfect if youre unhappy with the lack of terrain detail in other hiking apps. The lofty lake loop trail is one of the most popular hikes in the uinta mountains. The options below prepare the map for the selected page size, but the paper size, orientation and margins must also be set in the web browsers print settings before printing. Shop for mapping software at rei free shipping on all orders.
Ive been perusing this site and have a couple of trail maps, but id really like your. Best trails in high uintas wilderness utah alltrails. Find blissful solitude in 3 days, 2 nights in the high uintas. The uinta mountains are a high, pristine mountain area in northeastern utah that is popular for fishing, hiking, backpacking, horse packing, hunting and other outdoor activities. Uintawasatchcache national forest hiking forest service usda. The trailhead is about 175 miles 412 hours east of salt lake city. Trails illustrated high uintas wilderness topographic map rei coop. Obviously this was designed for road map use first. The uinta highline trail is a trail in the uinta mountains of utah that traverses the range 104 miles 167 km from east to west. Uinta county, wyoming covers an area of approximately 2,069 square miles with a geographic center of 41.