With spending the night above treeline, given the weather condition, and I Then set my tent up while a thunderstorm passed. I practiced casting a fly-rod with Sherpa for a while, and Popularity, it’s really a wonder that more people don’t die on Kings. Someone had been struck by lightning, we would have heard about it in the news.īut don’t ask me how all those people managed to avoid getting zapped. Kings, and lightning started striking the peaks in the area. Sure enough, a half hour later, a storm moved in over I arrived back at the pass, picked up my pack, and started descendingĭown the west side. I warned them that the weather was falling apart, but they pushed onĪnyway. Was headed down, I met several large groups of Boy Scouts (of course!) heading Took a couple quick pictures, and got off the mountain in a hurry, as theĬlouds were already starting to build. Told them I’d see them in camp that evening. The trail, so I took the opportunity to summit it. Later the other guys joined me at the top. Anderson Pass was long,īut fairly gradual, and before I knew it, I was at the top. Shape, having been above 8,000 feet for a full week. By this time, I was in terrific high-altitude The weather wasįorecasted to be dicey for the next three days, and we wanted to be over the Particularly loud crack of thunder just about blew our socks off. We were all too happy to scamper down below treeline after one Were still finishing up lunch atop the pass when the billowing clouds started Due to having driven three hours to the trailhead, we We also had our first experience with the afternoon There’s not too much oxygen at 12,200 feet, especially when you’re packing The first pass, North Pole Pass, was challenging for all of I had been at highĮlevation for the better part of a week, but the other guys were not used to Views down into those expansive basins of the Uintas. Soon we reached treeline, and had our first But, after aĬouple hours, we started to climb. Would consist of meaningless miles under a generic forest canopy. Lodgepole pine forest, and for a few miles I was afraid that most of the hike Had a three-hour drive just to get to the trailhead. We got an early start on Tuesday morning, knowing that we A particular highlight was the impressive Saddle Arch, where we also found a pothole of pristeen water from the recent monsoons. Upper Muley has plenty of arches, and the miles passed quickly when we weren't stopping to take pictures. Unfortunately, there's no reliable water in Upper Muley, so we each carried around 4 liters for the 2 day round trip. We got started hiking around mid-morning. We got up the next morning, waded through some red tape to get our permits, and headed along the extremely scenic Burr Trail road into the Waterpocket Fold district of Capitol Reef National Park. A warm sleeping bag is a necessity up that high in late September. We camped high on Boulder Mountain (at around 9,000 feet). My friend Justin and I left Salt Lake on Friday evening and drove down to the Boulder, Utah area. This post concerns the hike through Upper Muley. This fall, I took a couple trips down to Muley Twist with friends - one to the upper part of the canyon, and another to the lower part.
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