Spartan Training

 I have signed up for a Spartan Race that is in two weeks and have not been running as much as I should be, so today I decided to get in some training time, with a good rest/fishing break in the middle.  I drove up to Chepeta Lake which is in the top picture and sits about 10,500 ft and thought I would jog up to the top peak, which is in the bottom picture,and just over 12,000 ft elevation.  I mentioned that I "thought" I would jog, which actually only happened in very short intervals due to the lack of precious oxygen.

The Divide

Spirit Lake

The vista on this peak was awesome.  This peak divides the north and south slopes of the Uintahs, and at the top I could see all the way to Flaming Gorge.

Walkup Lake

 After hiking to the great divide I dropped back down into walkup lake which sits at 11,114 elevation.  I found this lake last year and it has been a real fun lake to fish for brook trout.  The fishing is real fast with literally a fish on every cast, but catching small brookies every cast is only fun for so long.

 On the way back down to the car, I jumped this big old buck.  He was a typical 4 point with nice velvet antlers.  I could not get close enough to him to get a decent picture with the camera I had.

 There are several lakes within a mile or so from chepeta, which I wasn't planning on fishing; however when I dropped into wigwam lake fish were jumping all over the place so I had to cast in a couple of times.

wigwam brook

Chepeta Lake