Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 36 | Uintah Mountains with Thousand Lakes Open to Planting of Trout Prove Mecca to Utah Sportsmen

I Uintah Mountains With Wit T Thousand ouan f Lakes Open to Planting of T Tro Trout rout t. t Pr Prove ve Mecca t to Utah Sportsmen Stately F Forests r of Pines lie and Aspens A Add Md d to o. o Attra Attractiveness iv n s 7 7 By J. J Ei BROADDUS BROj S The range ranga Is I surpassingly beautiful Lofty mo mountains thrust their snow snow-c snow capped l peaks far above timber line lakes of pu pure cold coldwater coldwater water ale reflect th tim tho n noble lc Pl pines pines' In s. s In tn their crystal depths depth tho the streams streams' ns wonder peacefully through h t the e flower covered meadows or or roar and and tumble d down the de deep p canons canyons After After- i Nature 1 had ui r r raised s 's 1 the t Uintah mountain she co covered red thorn them with A v great field of of r. r I lee Ice o. o arid for Cor forlong long bug centuries turl 8 this this' l v j mass ground and hollowed out ut the basins that were to to serve serve as sa RS lake beds Not content with lh this s servIceS she Planted the major or ma portion f this vast vast- area area ca with forests forst 0 of stately t ly a l c 1 l 1 aspens uld to to today to- to day Utah may feel t l proud o of one of tho the greatest lake regions eg In lri America Amer lea ica The hl highest point Jn In th tho state stale Is hi found at P Peaks aks In the al aLan atan altitude dc feet fe eCland t. t and there thero are arG seventeen mountains over feet In height t Within the national naton i forest boundaries c corn com m Sq square ato mile there are atc 1002 lakes anti and thirty one major rivers a and creeks with a n. combined fishing length of oC over ocr miles miles' LAKES COUNTED Tho rho Th total number of ot lakes In the the- range was m determined b by count of or those designated on on the tho Ha di and Marsh Peak q l quadrangles s of or the tho 3 U UIl United Il d sta States el r geological surveys survey's topographical maps ma or of f 1900 A ar ful check of ot the lie maps ami th tIe the J rca area shows that at nt least of oZ those these lakes arc are largo large enough chough to justify planting wIth trout Not over 10 IH per rj cent of ot them w t were rc o stocked d naturally duo to ton a r ns The main in my orns 1 due to tho act thi-act Tact that highwater high water Is practically unknown in the range runs run from east to to west wet a and nd the sun falls alls on a R major portion of ot the nr area a. a at an fin o oblique angle n necessarily thawing of oC tho the winter r snow sno I Is slow The high altitude In the lake region n. n from froni to Ic 1150 tends lends towards toward sId slOw gradual thawing We Ve know that lak lakes s arc aro the actual of ot the streams they l feed cd we c also know that thata a a. a lake maybe a am anile JI 0 longa ong 3 wid e and several ral feet deep but Its Us Volume outlet i is no greater than an Inlet plus p possible springs In the bottom bot hot tom toni It f follows that the lakes being beins' the e of r the streams tho the outlets out out- lets Jeb aro are small in volume they run through rock slides s and over led ledges ledge and the fish find it impossible sible to travel from the thc lower Watern waters wa Wa- tern to the higher Nature must have have- deemed It wise to leave leL some of ot the work for us to do and It is 19 certain that lf It we WC show the same zeal In fish fIsl pl planting V th that t she baa 1111 In making an en environment f for ir irus u us usi we will not not only hayo all an lie llio fishing we may desire for or b but t w wa wll bo tie able to invite the rest rel of ot the world to share it with us 17 L LAKES LAKES' KES' KES PLANTED So barren l lakes cs around Bald mountain Were planted in 1928 and while a a. superficIal in- in j in-j and and the th growth of the the fish Justify the belief bellet belle that these particular lakes s a arc aro 10 full fun of 61 t. t feed it iti i li an undeniable fact that we need and ancI must have havo a thorough and scientific survey ey and investigation of ot thc the waters fn In tho the Nature Nature Na Na- ture tore has hafl placed d the lakes lake antiI amII anti and I streams In our very door l or yard and whether hether we wa take take- advantage oC tho the fact or Jr not is up UI to us Northern Utah's location n in re regard fe c gard to the is' is ideal J The The- Wasat hi range and th the thc I mountains arc are aro at right angles to to each cach other the tho the thc former runs from north rth to south the lat latter latter lat lat- atter ter from cast east to iv west st st. IJ- IJ the tho axis of ot the vas continued it It would bisect the lIne lino halt half halfway way b between Salt Lako Lake City and Murray at a 8 poll that that- thatIs Is 18 exactly halt half way an arid Provo Pro and very clo close o to lQ a a. a ay point between n Logan Logn and anti N Not content with this geographical geog cal coil 10 location Nat Nature r l has al made the I lake region accessible from Ogden by way a of ot Weber canyon Salt San Lake City by way of Parleys Parley's can on and from froni Provo of Provo by way ay 0 canon canon canon can can- on on These canons canons c at Kamas amu and entering entering- Beaver Creek canyon at that point ui the road ad con continues con con- on on to to Mirror lake 8 S MILES AWAY The dl distance from Ogden to Mirror Mirror Mir Mir- lake Is Is 1094 mlles R froin from Salt SaIL Lake L. City 8 and from Provo 8 7 miles mile Th The Thrond rond road ends ends' at l the thc present time time- on the Ithe south shore short ol of I Mirror lake 4 at tl foot of r Bald ald mountain It will wUl be Utah's everlasting shame and th thc thc- in particular par if It thc the proper Toper steps are ire not noi not taken to continue continuo It oil oit to Evans Evans- ton tou Wyo yo by br way of or Haydn Fork canyon on Nothing is to be bB by ti a ax spirit of or selfishness and the range ngo belongs belong to the entire nation The present road was bull built b by the United Unite States forestry de department tie tie- and Is a a. credit to the thc skill their engineers and o or of may maywell welt well he be a source o of pr pride de ond nd satisfactIon satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction to tho the faithful men who car car- ned out th the construction program The highway travels tra through a a beautiful lul arid and interest in In In- Interest terest of oC th the road load and there ther's Is 15 no chanco chance of ot meno mo mo- no riot tony ny Tho The lower part of f the way wanders wanders wan wan- ders tiers through forests of or aspen trees tree and their lov is but butan an In- In to the dense del groves o or of Blend alender odge pole polo pines A short shor way above Soap Stone Slone ranger r station sta sta- tion the tho Upper Provo river ilver cuts through a a. deep s gorge and l d the the road running close chose to the the edge edge allows allow avies a no noI aview view vies of or t tumbling the waters in it Its I depth x A short distance beyond the rive j ha us cut cuta a. a deeper d O. O through a Ion colored colored- Slate shalo ahab arid and the In strange r ge contrast Us its hades Beyond spOt tho river river falsi over a L number of ot l ledges d es' es In a n aerie erie i of or charming cascades Above bove the he canyon wid rie s out but ut into tho glorious Provo river basin A p hos but to stand on the tho top op of Bald ald and overlook tho ho Pro river thc g Granddaddy dy lake basin R. R ln In In In ord order l to realize what Utah J In hi- hi the tho vay ofa a possible fishing ground gi Afar AS Mi far as as' as the eye ye can irna reach In Jn ev ry iJ cU n 1 It Is 8 met the grandeur of ot the mountains m un T The e. e v floor loor b of or tho great great- basin Isi lII covered with tines and the flash and anil sparr spai kle that of ot us u's us s lakes l are aro nestling a at their feet teet i In In this one basin it if i lA a A ool Jo lovely Jy country that at a a mans man's r family r ma may he Planting this huge wilderness area area Js is an enormous task and lind nd z ai al challenge chal chal- lenge lengo to tu en of or Utah that will test the very ery moaning of the word enough Can we sur lJur surmount surmount m mount the difficulties A Are f w we f sufficiently broad m mInded to o org forget our selfish interests personal and collective and unite on a IJ cooperative Lye tive has basis Is that Is great enough to accomplish the task It IL m means ans work and Ye say Thank God for that for there w was s ever r a 3 thing gained tha a was worth having ha but what was WM worth working for Cor r FISHING NOT NOT HOBBY Wh When n the task is Is Is' finished finished we w will know tb that t by cooperating with ith each cach other in cooperation with NL ture lure we have produced one of theIne the finest Ine t fishing pounds grounds In A America Fishing Fishing- Is not JI a hobb hobby It It Itis is the means that thal carries s' s a a. man man back bRck to nature galls calls him away awny from fth the city with Its Its' artificial l existence ue and ond him tp lp the hills and ana the the streams where he may renew thoe qualities that tha NIl Nature e lias has to give It Is Is not our duty duly as asIt asit It privilege 8 to give in to fo our our i selves seh and our pur children a a. fishing ground th that t will wUl endure for tor timeA time A great amount of exploration work remains In the this and those thos who like to go go Into a n virgin country will find isolated sections where they ni may y explore t to their hearts heart's content An Interesting part exists e at the head of at Henrys Henry's Fork in a 80 basin buln Co four our r miles miles' l long ng ng and three c wide wid Jd there are twenty five lakes The floor or of the Iho bowl Is hi at an altitude Df le fe feet t and the tho surrounding walls walls' reach feet Nothing Nothing- 13 known of ot this p particular ular spot pot nor have hav wo we any pictures res of- of t it it A condition prevails at the the- head of the e east f fork rk of ot rake Lake Fork There are arc four fifty lakes lakes' In this region o of which we we- know w very little ENTICING LAKE O oYie l lake ke east f f. the south peak of ot th the Kings King's speaks Is Is' h to Challenge anone an any f one It lies lies-at an an ot fe feet t n and d. d I I. I believe It It- f is Is' the high high- est et body of water wate In n Utah It should hould not no ot bo be allowed to g go out a a name nor without haying having lt Its Ita picture e taken n. n D Dry Fork ork on the eastern n end of ot t thc the range range near Vern Vernal at Is a a- a lem hem The The- stream originates In forty two l lakes kes starts down do the can canyon canon on and nd disappears in In Inthe the time lower levels Why Wily and antI where It goes and h how W to to b prevent iL IL Is a a. puzzle that would be Interesting to study Isolated Is lakes aJ es and many unknown un un- known sections Jn including mountain pe I a i call to the explorer investigator and n Jn t i la Irresistible of ot lodge pl ii lM and yellow o dotted with gt gl t. t groves grove of or Douglas und and Alpine fur Engleman spruce Umber M pine and Utah juni- juni p per r at aid d to the w wonders nd rs' rs of ot of this mighty fg ty region that o hs' hs the entIre entire en crt en- en tire Ure northeastern corner corner c of r Utah On the tho eastern of Ute time ranges range range- s i Jo oca cd l. l the tho Dinosaur r national th the fossilized J re- re the ot monstrous pr prehistoric are quarried B pond lily y l lakes in 11 a t ting that man man could riot not hope hope- tp covered with lark dark green reen leaves crI and and all aglow with the thc l n c of the i y bl blossoms o n contrast In a a. strange o manner with wIll the g general l wildness ss ot the moun moun- The he 8 are dotted with i thousands of ot Beaver colonies and may b be be by tho the naturalists e conditions conditions' condl- condl I Beaver dams dam from to to 5 teat foot long and from froin three three- e- e eto to seven feet te le t lil high h are not noL uncommon In Inmany Inmany many places dams are found are that have i been built on top of ote th other to R a a l of ot twenty seven feet teet When the tte pond back baek backof of of the tho da darn dam las has filled up with silt slit the Beaver h e ba ie le b built ut a a. second dam darn on top iop of r Ui the thie first This has d 1 un- un til m the tbs ti 1 Ight mentioned has hM been attained Tho The Ul ili tah lah mountains offer to the sportsmen of ot the h. h tain region 1002 lakes mile mIles mIles' of or trout rout stream and miles 1 of ot forest and range for lor deer and mountain sheep There Is Isa a a. land land I In for tor game preserves preserves preserves' arid and opell open The Theold old Go God i helps those that help l themselves never had a a. b better better- lter application In this great section of or Utah h we WO we have aGod a a. God given area area that Is not not- SUI sur- sur passed In fit and if It we help ourselves the lakes l kc and nd streams dreams will ebon be full tun of or trout and the tIme forests forests- fulL forests 1 rests rests- full ull of g gathe n c.