Thank you! The Uintas are magical! Thank you so much for watching! 🙏

Thank you! Yes our impromptu Utah KZbin’r meet up! 🤣 Devin is a great person and I’m honored to know him. It was just supposed to be me and Steve but everyone was out there! Jay and Dustin were on the other side of the ridge at Hidden Lake! Ash had tickets to the USAF air show with the Grandparents is the only reason I didn’t bring him. The fishing on this one was the best I’ve had so far this year! Thank you for watching! 🙏

Thanks Steve! Getting out with my family is one of my greatest joys! I got one fish on, but he got off. That’s just how it goes sometimes! This was a short quick trip out there. Everyone had a great time! Thanks for watching! 🥾🏕️

Thank you! I love when they come out with me! Yes the coffee grounds in the filter worked. It had to steep like tea with the lid on, overall it was some of the best tasting coffee I’ve had backpacking. Like my wife said (and I did- I admit nothing! 🤣) if you don’t squeeze the bag with the grounds it stays in tact. Is it the fastest coffee you can make backpacking? Absolutely not. Was it one of the best flavors and coffee I’ve ever had definitely. I want to try them with an espresso grind to see if it would steep a little bit better than the grounds. It was a first try, gonna keep working on it. It was a late start out there this year, but it’s been fun to be out there! Thanks for watching! Tell Tim I said hi! 👋

Thank you! Ash is our youngest! I also have a teenager as well! Late to the party I guess! Hope you are having a great summer! Thank you for watching! 🙏

Thank you so much! Having my family out in the woods is one of the most fulfilling things in life for me! I love them so much and it is a treat to have them with me out there! Thank you so much for watching and have a great weekend! 🙏

@@erikalfan1027 indeed! It was so nice to be out with my family again! Thank you so much for watching! 🙏

So awesome! Take your bug spray and skeeter nets! Hope you two have a great time! Thanks for watching! 🙏

I did not see Trouthowler on this trip but did see Waterlog! It was an impromptu KZbin meet up! 🤣 Absolutely possible I ran into you up Swift Creek! I’ve been there before! About that same time frame. That’s a great area that I need to go back to! Thanks for watching! 🙏

1.8 to the summit, 3.19 round trip! Thanks for the question! 🥾

Impromptu KZbin meet up! All around great weekend with some great friends! Those tigers were awesome! Thanks for watching! 🙏

Thank you so much! Island has been hit or miss for me over the years. This year it had some nice fish! I’ve never been up to that small lake till this trip, so nice it was worth the hike! Neat to see May catch her first fish! I’ve only caught Tigers in Fire Lake from that boulder on the south end. Water was so high this year much of the shoreline trail is underwater. We used to hike Fire from Duck up the falls just a hair south of Duck. It a nice climb, and puts you right at the dam when you get to Fire Lake. That small lake above Fire used to have some aggressive 12” Cutts, but all we saw on this trip was dead fish and Salamanders. All in all it was a fun trip with Steve and Devin. Totally unexpected, as spontaneous as it could be. It really was a great reminder how fun the mountains can be with friends. I go solo a lot, but a trip with good friends is special. My night photography is a collection of long exposures captured over a period of time, then either made into still photography, or as a collection made into timelapse movies. I have a college degree in photography and I shoot all my astro stuff with my Nikon D810. I may do some tutorials down the road, but I’d rather be out there while I’m still able and be behind the lens capturing these amazing night skies I get to see! That Milky Way timelapse is one of my new favorites! Thank you so much for watching!

@@ChristianPaulPhotography Your photography is beautiful. I've been up to Fire many times on the trail from Duck lake. It has gotten progressively worse with downed trees and lots more vegetation. I tried that in 2022 and lost the trail. And if you can't follow the trail, you can get in areas where you can't get back down to the lake. I don't have gps so I got out the geological survey map and figured it out. All of the fish I saw in 2022 were about 16-17 inches and about two pounds. And Junior lake had no fish in 2022 either. The DWR only planted tigers there because cutthroat were unobtainable for a period of time.

@davidbentley8092 thank you. Last time I caught a fish in fire lake was 2015. It was about a 16 inch tiger. Every time I’ve been back since I’ve caught nothing. I’ve seen them jump, but they have no interest in anything I throw at them. It’s still a beautiful lake, but not the fishery I remember.

Indeed glad we all connected! Such a great time!

Thank you! It was a really great weekend! 🥾

Thanks Steve! That was a really great weekend out there! 🥾🎣

This was a great weekend! Nice meeting you up there as well! Fish on! 🎣

Not on this trip but you’ll see in my next video the skeeters 🦟 have come! It depends on when you do the UHT. I did it in August 2022, and bugs were not an issue at all then. I was on a Tenkara rod on the Highline and I was using 5X tippet. Hope this helps. Check out my Highline series if you want to see how I did it. kzbin.info/aero/PLsu1l97U14cDHbKFpKPfe1MJUviG-DMWi&si=LnF_ExQWCvAACwRN

Thanks Steve! It was a great way to kick it off out there! Jim is really fun to get out with and the fishing exceeded all expectations. The sky at night has been kind of late! I’ll have our adventure from the end of June soon. This was the warm up! Hope you had a great holiday! 🇺🇸💥

You’re right. It’s just how it goes. I try not to let a skunk ruin the vibe. I use it as motivation for next time. I think a different location is in order next time down there. Change is good!

It was awesome to run into you at Island Lake last weekend! It was a big surprise to see Graylings in this lake. You won’t have a problem catching them! Thanks for watching! Have a great holiday weekend!

Thank you! I’ve been visiting this lake for years and this for sure is the first time I’ve ever seen Graylings here. They are fun to catch! Every time I’m out I make sure I do a slo mo fire in your honor! Great to hear from you and thanks for watching! 🙏

This was a recon to see where the snow was at. Plus good to get out with Jim again. So relaxing and just an all around great trip!

These were really nice Graylings too. Decent size, gave a really nice fight. Just really nice to be back out there!

Thank you! It was so nice to be back! I’ve only caught Tigers and small Brookies there. So the Graylings was a surprise for sure!

You’re right! Jim’s are good people! It was a great one to kick off the year out there. Thanks for watching! 🥾

Thank you so much for watching! Have a great day! 🙏

Thank you so much! It was a great first trip of the year out there! Just got home from my second trip out there! Great stuff this weekend! Hope you are well and thanks for watching! 🙏

Awesome! Glad you got the info you needed! Toaks makes a great pot! Hope you enjoy yours! Let me know if there’s anything I can help with! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for your question! Black of course will attract more sunlight but surprisingly the fabric breathes so well it’s not too much of an issue. Thanks for watching! Have a great day!

Thanks! We went the first weekend in June. No bear hunters but definitely bear tracks. Three dead, scavenged cows on the way in too. First time I’ve seen that in this area. I saw a bear on a deer carcass last year at the GWT junction on the way out. It was a great time and some good skies too! Thanks for watching! 👍

@@ChristianPaulPhotography Three cow carcasses(!) is definately alot for an area with reliable water and vegitation

It certainly isn’t anything I’m used to seeing down there. I’ve been going to that range at least once a year since 2007.

Thanks Steve! They had a slightly lower snow year than we did up here. Thats my new camp spot I found last year. I got one on but it got off. That’s how it goes sometimes. It was fun to get out with the Highline crew again! Time to hit the Uintas! Thanks for watching!

Hello! Thanks for your question. Yes you are correct, it is 49” or 125 cm for your pole height. It’s on its third full season, two thru hikes, and it’s still solid. Best single wall tent I’ve ever owned. Thanks for checking out my channel!

@@ChristianPaulPhotographythank you!! Just ordered mine. Really looking forward to using it this summer! Is it possible to shorten the trekking pole I will be using and stake the tent out further in bad weather?

@@isaacwall5324 You don't need to do that. It has a rather large vestibule. Pitch it a few times in the yard is my best advice for using this tent. Think of lining up the geometry of the tent when you stake it out. Tell them you saw it on my channel! Let me know if you have any questions.

@@ChristianPaulPhotographythank you!

It’s a usual haunt down there for me. It’s got views for days! That campsite is awesome! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Good weekend with great friends is hard to beat! Thank you for watching!

The mosquitoes 🦟 on the first day were minimal because the temps overnight were close to freezing. The second day they were there, but not swarming us like I’ve had in the past. Take a net and Picaridin. I saw a bear track on the way in as I showed in the video, but I never saw one. In this section of the Great Weatern trail I’ve only seen them on the very south end. I think the three carcasses we saw drew them to the area. Hang your food out of camp at night and no scents in the tent. If you do that you should be fine. Thanks for watching! Hope you have a great trip! Let me know how it goes! 🥾

Thank you so much! Hope you have a great day!

It was so nice to unplug and get out there. We had a bit of an extended winter here so it’s nice to get back in the mountains again! Thank you for watching! 🥾

It was nice to be back out on trail! I’m ok with not catching anything. Fishing is not the only reason I go backpacking. It was nice to be walking the trails and to unplug. The sound of the Boreal Toads and the solitude well made up for the poor fishing. Seeing the Milky Way was so nice! Thank you for watching! 🥾

Indeed. I definitely threw the whole box at them. They just wanted to spawn. I did get the one on, so at least there was that. But it was nice to be out in the mountains backpacking again. Thanks for watching! 🥾

Thank you! Fishing was off this year down there. In years past it’s been red hot. I think the snow just came off right before I went down there. I got one on, but alas nothing landed. Still great to be in the mountains again backpacking! Thank you for watching! 🥾

Thank you very much! It was powerful to see these sites! The Green Mask was really amazing! Walking in the footsteps of the ancients! I can recommend my Salt Creek videos from Canyonlands National Park as well as that is another backpacking trip we did to these sites. Salt Creek has some of the most amazing pictographs I have ever seen! One of the most remote Arches in all of Utah! Hope you are enjoying my videos! If you are, like, subscribe, and share! Here is the first episode of the Salt Creek trip. Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYfUen9soN17jKM

This is one of the most amazing places I have ever been. It’s powerful when you are in there. Check out the full video linked here from this trip into Grand Gulch. Water is scarce so do your research. The permit can be tricky so get on that asap! Good luck! Thanks for watching and commenting!