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Welp, got rained/snowed out of the High Uintas just as I was about to go over North Pole Pass, the weather over Labor Day weekend was truly awful with 3+ days of cold rain, thunderstorms and the first snow of the season.
We're seeing the first snows in CO. Trying to plan something this week, but have to figure out where we can go.
P.S. Post some pics when you get a chance!
Does the snow signal the end of the season for you or do you do winter hiking/touring as well? I only got a few decent pictures as my trip was cut short but here’s some:
Gabbro Pass, with snow still on it end of August. Locals said there may have been as much as 20 feet this past winter.
Locals fishing at Chepeta Lake
Sunset over SLC
My favorite picture of all was completely unrelated to the Uintas or SLC, it was a mother and daughter watching buffalo at Antelope Island State Park:
Sucks the rain/snow came in so hard for your trip. The landscapes in the Uintas are so cool. I do want to get there some time soon. We had an experience like that a couple years ago where rain/snow came in a day earlier than the forecast said and had to turn a loop into an out-and-back. It rained on us for two days straight, our gear wetted out and we got to the brink of hypothermia.
We're expecting snow this week, but I'm not sure how much, so it might not mean anything for the remainder of the season. We might be able to still go to high elevation spots. If the high country is too snowy, we go to lower elevation mountains or maybe high plains canyons.