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.
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| The Divide |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| wigwam brook |
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| Chepeta Lake |
