Beautiful country Evan. When you're out there with no-one around looking at those mountains you truly realize how small we are on the grand scale. Awe inspiring. Nate
beautiful valley, i can see why it gets used often!! thanks for taking us along with you on the hike & sharing the beautiful country!! be safe out there!!
LOL a bus full of college prep students... I'd have turned around that day, too. We were on an intro-to-backpacking trip with one of my son's friends a couple years ago. Short but steep trail to a fairly popular lake -- nothing spectacular or over-exposed by social media, but with sadly obvious evidence of overuse by less-than-respectful fishermen. We'd just set up camp when a DOZEN teenaged boy scouts showed up. I was not happy. However, they were the quietest, most respectful group of teenagers one could possibly have encountered. Hardly knew they were there. Even so, if I had known they were coming, I'd have made a different choice when the trail forked, and I'm not likely to go back to that lake anytime soon.
Just got your UTE lite to replace my tried and true QUI-YA. Took it on a three day backpacking trip to 12,000 feet and it did phenomenal! It’s by far the best pack you have made!
