spring camping in uintahs

[uglyoinker]

Went up into the uintahs and got to the base of the mountains 30 minutes before sundown. Which equals midnight campspot arrival after battling snow for hours. Used the winch a dozen times and the shovel and ax to get a tree out of the way....
The pics are all from the next morning, hard to take pictures at night......

 

[uglyoinker]

snowy

little more.

 

[uglyoinker]

snow

We were breaking trail to get up there. It felt good to be the first people up there in a car of any kind. I giggled a little when we were on our way out and came upon a fj cruiser stuck in one of the snowbanks I had already bashed going in the night before. We offered winch assistance and got him out. I was a little bummed he was up there by himself with none of the very helpful things to have when single vehicle camping like a hi-lift, winch, come-a-long, tire chains. Necessary things to have unless you want to spend hours stuck in one place....

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Sweet pics! I love blowing through snowbanks in the winter.

 

[Dirtgypsy]

cool pics. looks burley with the 4 tire chains!

clint

 

[wngrog]

Damn I hate living in Mississippi.

 

[Eporter]

"a hi-lift, winch, come-a-long, tire chains. Necessary things to have unless you want to spend hours stuck in one place.... "

Ha! When I lived in SLC we tried taking my cruiser into Diamond Fork Hot Springs via the higher road. Didn't realize I'd passed the point where the trucks had stopped and snowmobiles had continued. April corn snow held well, and then whoomph. The whole truck sank 10" into melting corn. One of those all-tires-turning-going-nowhere situations.

Not a tree within a half mile, and the one there was wouldn't have held up to the come-along! Fortunately I had the hi-lift and a little shovel. We were able to jack the truck up to the top of the lift, then push it over 6". Repeat at rear, then front, then rear.... Took a couple hours.

Moved the truck onto some firmer snow, reversed OUTTA there!

On the way out I saw where some trucks with HUGE tires had gotten stuck.

Never did make it to those springs!

Chains would've been great!

 

[Randy88FJ62]

Great pics. Looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.

 

[lehiguy]

"a hi-lift, winch, come-a-long, tire chains. Necessary things to have unless you want to spend hours stuck in one place.... "

Ha! When I lived in SLC we tried taking my cruiser into Diamond Fork Hot Springs via the higher road. Didn't realize I'd passed the point where the trucks had stopped and snowmobiles had continued. April corn snow held well, and then whoomph. The whole truck sank 10" into melting corn. One of those all-tires-turning-going-nowhere situations.

Not a tree within a half mile, and the one there was wouldn't have held up to the come-along! Fortunately I had the hi-lift and a little shovel. We were able to jack the truck up to the top of the lift, then push it over 6". Repeat at rear, then front, then rear.... Took a couple hours.

Moved the truck onto some firmer snow, reversed OUTTA there!

On the way out I saw where some trucks with HUGE tires had gotten stuck.

Never did make it to those springs!

Chains would've been great!

Hey, I've done that too. I got buried heading west out of Eureka Utah in the middle of winter. The Hi-lift earned it's keep that day.

 

[Greg@RME]

Great report, looks like you made quite the effort to get to your camp site. The Uintahs are amazing, thanks for sharing!

 

[wngrog]

Glad this started in the FJ60 forum, I would have never seen it in the 2000 forums on this site.

 

[Moody]

Where were you at? Mirror Lake Hwy?

 

[uglyoinker]

We headed up mirror lake highway with the intention of going up soapstone because the usfs told me the gate would be closed until mid-june. But when we got up there the gate was open so we went up spring creek canyon towards buckeye lake. We camped about a mile short of buckeye.

 

[anthonycds]

Damn I hate living in Mississippi.

I feel your pain. I live in IL!
Great pics btw!