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    Uinta Highline Trail 2025

    An image gallery of photos from the Uinta Highline Trail-an east/west footpath along the spine of Utah's Uinta Mounta Range, running 104-miles from McKee Draw to Hayden Pass.

    Start Point: McKee Draw, UT
    End Point: Hayden Pass, UT
    Total Length: 104 miles

    Beardoh and Mountain Man at the Uinta Highline Trail eastern terminus
    Open meadows of the Uinta
    Beardoh and Mountain Man in a Uinta meadow
    First hailstorm of the Uinta Highline Trail
    Ideal hammock and tarp setup
    Beardoh making dinner
    Old Highline Trail sign
    Class A hammock lunch break
    Beardoh in a meadow with Leidy Peak in the distance
    Beardoh treating water in a Uinta meadow
    Golden hour near Leidy Peak
    Dark skies around Leidy Peak
    Lakeshore Basin
    Trail sign west of Leidy Peak
    Shafts of light illuminating Lakeshore Basin
    Mountain Man pointing the way to Gabbro Pass
    Beardoh on the way to Gabbro Pass
    Gabbro Pass with a snow patch above Lake Wilde
    Mountain Man at Lake Wilde
    Beardoh nearing Gabbro Pass
    Sunset over Lake Wilde and Leidy Peak
    Sun setting over Gabbro Pass cairn
    Deadman Lake morning sky reflection
    Weasel standing tall
    Curious weasel
    Aging Uinta Highline Trail sign
    Very old Uinta Highline Trail sign
    Trail cairn at the entrance to a Uinta meadow
    Beardoh crossing a meadow near Whiterocks River
    Mountain Man hiding behind giant cairn
    Lucky cairn with a horseshoe
    Large cairn on the way to North Pole Pass
    Beardoh and Mountain Man in rain gear near North Pole Pass
    Beardoh on North Pole Pass beneath blue sky
    Entering High Uintas Wilderness
    View from North Pole Pass
    Lakes below North Pole Pass
    Mountain Man filtering water in a meadow
    Beardoh gazing across a morning meadow
    A rushing creek
    Drying gear at lunch
    Drying gear at lunch with hammock view
    Uinta Highline Trail thru Painter Basin
    Painter Basin panorama
    Beardoh in Painter Basin
    Beardoh and blue sky
    Starting the climb to Anderson Pass
    Mountain Man looking up at Kings Peak
    Beardoh on the climb to Anderson Pass
    Angry clouds over Yellowstone Basin from Anderson Pass
    Beardoh and Mountain Man at Anderson Pass
    Beardoh and Mountain Man with Kings Peak
    Mountain Man descending Anderson Pass
    Descending from Anderson Pass to Yellowstone Basin
    Anderson Pass and Kings Peak
    Morning light in Yellowstone Basin
    Tungsten Lake and Porcupine Pass
    Highline Trail sign to Porcupine Pass
    Beardoh climbing to Porcupine Pass
    Looking back on the climb to Porcupine Pass
    Beardoh and Mountain Man at Porcupine Pass
    Oweep Basin from Porcupine Pass
    Beardoh below Porcupine Pass
    Looking back to Porcupine Pass from Oweep Basin
    Xmas tree under a tarp
    Mountain Man in Oweep Basin
    Paradise Lake
    Muddy trail courtesy of horses
    Evening hammock hangs
    Morning blue sky in Lake Fork Basin
    Lake below Red Knob Pass
    Red Knob Pass panorama
    Trail signs at Red Knob Pass
    Mountain Man and Beardoh at Red Knob Pass
    West Fork Blacks Fork Basin panorama
    Beardoh and West Fork Blacks Fork Basin
    West Fork Blacks Fork Basin on the way to Dead Horse Pass
    Dead Horse Lake
    Looking up at Dead Horse Pass
    Beardoh starting the climb to Dead Horse Pass
    The climb to Dead Horse Pass
    Dead Horse above Dead Horse Lake
    Bear print on the climb to Dead Horse Pass
    Mountain Man and Beardoh nearing Dead Horse Pass
    Loose shale trail below Dead Horse Pass
    Mountain Man nearing Dead Horse Pass
    Mountain Man at Dead Horse Pass
    Beardoh from Dead Horse Pass
    Dead Horse Lake from Dead Horse Pass
    Mountain Man and Beardoh at Dead Horse Pass
    Mountain Man and Beardoh at Dead Horse Pass
    View from Dead Horse Pass
    Lunch time drying of gear
    Beardoh lounging among gear yard sale
    Mountain Man heading towards another hailstorm
    Mountain Man hammock hang
    Ouray Lake
    Morning frost crystals
    Beardoh in the Rock Creek burn zone
    Rocky Sea Pass
    Rock Creek Basin from Rocky Sea Pass
    Riding out a hailstorm under the tarp
    High Uintas Wilderness sign
    Mountain Man and Beardoh at Uinta Highline Trail western terminus
    Beardoh and Mountain Man celebrate the end of the Uinta Highline Trail

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    Jeff “Mountain Man”
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    Writer. Engineer. Triple Crown long-distance hiker. Gear junkie. Chaco ambassador. Certified Wilderness First Responder. Always dreaming of the next trail.

    When I’m not on the trail chronicling my adventures for Stone and Sky, I’m a freelance writer, public speaker, and consultant for aspiring adventurers.

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