High Uintas
This is a belated entry about some things we have
been up to this summer...
The picture above is a wild mushroom that FH picked for us. it is of the genus Leccinum, and probably L. fibrilosum or L. scabrum (common name, scaber stalk bolete). he even gave us a recipe for cooking it, and it sounded delicious. a yummy mushroom stew. but when S tried to cut it open, it was infested with fly larve. so unfortunately, the shroomie went to waste. sorry FH!
where did we find this fun-gi? in the hottest parts of july and august, we were introduced to rock climbing in the high uintas.
The High Uintas Wilderness is part of the Ashley National Forest located in northeastern corner of the state. It features 16 developed trailheads covering some 550 miles. Most important to us Salt Lake valley dwellers, the day time temperatures stay in the 70 during the hottest months of the summer due to its high elevation; the mountains here rise from 7,500 feet up to 13,528 feet at the summit of King's Peak, the highest point in Utah. You can see from the picture above that thick forests of spruce, fir, and pine are surrounded by tall glacier carved rock. The rock quality here, in terms of climbing, is excellent quarzite. Places such as Ruth Lake are well developed, the trails are well marked, and the protection is ample. Next year, I plan to do some backpacking in these parts. It is really beautiful wilderness.
Thanks CM and FH for introducing us to the region!
We've also had a good yield of tomatoes and basil, and we've been making some yummy pasta sauces. We harvested the basil recently and made a winter's worth of pesto. Yum.
I've been climbing at the climbing gym alot, and am itching to get outside again.
The picture above is a wild mushroom that FH picked for us. it is of the genus Leccinum, and probably L. fibrilosum or L. scabrum (common name, scaber stalk bolete). he even gave us a recipe for cooking it, and it sounded delicious. a yummy mushroom stew. but when S tried to cut it open, it was infested with fly larve. so unfortunately, the shroomie went to waste. sorry FH!
where did we find this fun-gi? in the hottest parts of july and august, we were introduced to rock climbing in the high uintas.
The High Uintas Wilderness is part of the Ashley National Forest located in northeastern corner of the state. It features 16 developed trailheads covering some 550 miles. Most important to us Salt Lake valley dwellers, the day time temperatures stay in the 70 during the hottest months of the summer due to its high elevation; the mountains here rise from 7,500 feet up to 13,528 feet at the summit of King's Peak, the highest point in Utah. You can see from the picture above that thick forests of spruce, fir, and pine are surrounded by tall glacier carved rock. The rock quality here, in terms of climbing, is excellent quarzite. Places such as Ruth Lake are well developed, the trails are well marked, and the protection is ample. Next year, I plan to do some backpacking in these parts. It is really beautiful wilderness.
Thanks CM and FH for introducing us to the region!
We've also had a good yield of tomatoes and basil, and we've been making some yummy pasta sauces. We harvested the basil recently and made a winter's worth of pesto. Yum.
I've been climbing at the climbing gym alot, and am itching to get outside again.
Posted: Thu - August 31, 2006 at 01:34 PM
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