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Show - - - - - - The High Uintah Primitive Arear Area AreaThis - y 1'1 11 4 ' ' . r- r r4 of ' lx lxr r / , " ' { ' ' " ' ' p v yl J y % ytiS tiS / , . . , nY fi rdti . c . vq , wa a as ai as s i s y 6 A 4 fi fiej ej s sw sKy 6 w , Ky 4-tf 4 tf - ' b bS4 S4 4 4This ' This 'Ihls Ihls is isone L . one orII ofa of or n II a tcnos series sef1 ofarticles orI.rllc1 of or I.rllc1 Irllc1 ! . articles to appear apperl % ' In fn this th ! newspapersponsored newSJlapersponsored newspaper newSJlaper newspaperponsorcd ponsorcd sponsored by the S Salt : t La Lalc Lnl Lal ! c e Ad\crtlsI Ad crtlsI AdtcrtiiinR Atertising \ , I : Club associated assocll.tcd assoclltcd assoclated ! . : civic clvle clubs ot of ofsouthern ot60uthern ofsouthern 60uthern southern "ind ind 'Ind and ' " central centrol Utah Utab and nnd chambers of ot commerce , , " part I"nrt Inrt of r e & . eprogram &procrn.m procrn.m procrnm progrnm program willKnow WIlllU10w . to point pomt out Utah Ulnb a s rctourccs resources so that local 10(8'1 1081 ( ' peopo people ) WIll lU10w Know Utah Utth : Bettor Bettqr Better . . , By AMOS JENkINSOnly JENkINS JENhINS JENkINSOnly Only a few years ago Secretary of War George H Dcrn Dern , then gov gov- governor governor governor - ernor of Utah , headed an exploring e\plormg e plormg ' \ paity pal ty through the tho IIaides Hades lIa } des canyon 11 trail canyontiall canyontrail ail out of the canyon of the north fork forI . of the Duchesne Durhesne river into mto the theloftv thelofty theloftv loftv lofty , , unlmo unknown " n region east of th the junction junchon of the Wasatch range with withthe \ nitathe Ith Iththe the Uintah Umtah mountainsLast mountains mounta1l1S mountainsLast Last year in late July , Mirror lake , now gateway gatev.ay gatevay . to this region region.resembled regionresembled . , resembled Liberty parIon park parI\ parI \ . on a holiday hohd.lY hohdlY . In the meantime , , by presidential presidentialproclamatIOn presidentialproclamation presidentialproclamation proclamatIOn , the ' irea 'lrea lrea area , beyond the tho last cow or sheep trail tr:1I1 tr1I1 : , has forever foreverbeen foreverbeen foreverbeen been set apart as 'The The ' The High Uintah Primitive Area , , " early domain domam of ofthe ofthe otthe the kind hInd in the stateEvery state stateEvery Every year the trails penetrate deeper and deeper into IDto this regIOn To regionTo begin begID with the forest service a decade ago built buUt a forest develop development evelo . ment meat road to tap the lipe iipe lodge pole pine pIDe thit th'1t th1t that ' blankets bllDkets : the mountam3 mountains mountains.Later mountainsLater . Later recreation funds , a new appropriation for the forest service , be- be became became be became - - came available and the load was made a high , geai geal automobile high- high highW"lY highway high-wiy high wiy - W"lY WlY way " to the likes 11kes lakes at the head of the Provo river rI\.er rI.er rI .er er ricer \ . . Finally rfnally came the theNe theNew tbaNew Ne\\ Ne New NeDeal \ Deal and with it the big and beautiful CCC camp on the Soapstoneupper Soapstone , upper Provo From this camp sub camps w " ere established on both sldes sides sldesof sidesof Bidesof of the Bald mountain mountun : pass New switch snitch backs were made to lift 11ft the thehighway thehighway tbahighway highway around the shoulder of Bald mountain The road offers nowonly now nowonly nowonly only a wonderful "onderful onderful " trip trJp of a tev/ tev fe\ fe fern tevhours fehours \ { / hours from Salt Lake Llke : to \ Mirror l\hrror l hrror Lake Laketributiry , trIbut'1ry trIbut1ry tributary ' to the Duchesne riverThe rIverThe river riverThe The CCC boys also dug toot foot paths and built camp sites on trailsleading trails trailsleadIDg trailsleading leadIDg leading into IDto the wilderness wlldcxness from Mirror lake la1.c la1c . The trail , , first blazed blazedby blazedby blazedby by the Silt S\lt S lt Salt ' \ Lake Lalcc council counCll of Boy Scouts fiom flam from \ Mirror 1\IIrror 1 IIrror Ldko L:11.c L11.c L11c Lake : . to the Grand- Grand Grandda.ddy Granddaddy Grand-daddy Grand daddy - da.ddy daddy . lake la1.e la1e . group , was impioved imploved improved and graded The Boy Scout council councilncquhed councilacquired councilacqulied ncquhed acquired as a permanent summer home another lake lahe two miles up the theBald theBald theBald Bald mountun mount"lm mountlm mountain " morain from \ Mirror 1\llrror 1 llrror lake , now kno knon knoi kno\ kno \ n as Sco Scojt Scoat t lake lake.From lakeFrom . From Kamas lianas the highway to \ Mirror 1\hrror 1 hrror lake proceeds up Beaver creek , a aWeber aWeber a"Weber aWeber Weber " tributary tnbutary , then over the Shingle Shmgle creek divide and onto the north northfork northfork northfork , fork of the Provo near the } junction unction ot of the fork with the mun m'1In m1In main ' rlver river river.Crossing riverCrossing . CrossIDg Crossing the north fork forI . bridge bndge , the highway soon meets the main maID streamof streamof stream streamof of the upper Provo , with its alternate rapids raplds , falls and deep gorges , and andpro.eeds andproceeds andproceeds pro.eeds proeeds proceeds ( . on an easy grade to near Lake Tryol From this lake withlong with withlong with.long withlong . long , , easy switch backs , , the tho hlgh\\ hlgh highway hlghav highwav \ av climbs to the Bald mountain mountam pass pass.Here passHere . , Here , it if e\ e er ever eer \ er , comes the feeling that one is lS ms residing on top of theworld theworld the world for the world appears far below belon At the summit on the divIde divIdebetween dividebetween dividebetween between the Provo and Duchesne which Is also the Great Basin Basm dIvIde dividen , n a trail is 13 marked marhed which leads to the forest fire look out station on tOD top tODof topof topof of the Bald mountain From this station on a clear day most of theWasatch the the'Yasatch theWasatch 'Yasatch Yasatch Wasatch ' range and Uintah Ulntah mountain svstem system may be seenThe seenThe seen seenThe The road then quickly qUlclly , drops down to the shores of \ Mirror 1\Ilrror 1 Ilrror lahe lake lakealmost , almost a summer town ton to\\ to \ n now . . This lake at the ' feet " of the Bald moun moun- mountain mountarn mountain - tain tarn occupies the same relative position posltlon as Jenney's Jenneys ' ' lake under the theGrand theGrand thaGrand Grand Tetons Tatons Totons The mountain mountam is reflected under undcr the crystal waterDastward waterEastward water waterEastward Eastward Dastward tor for over 25 miles tho the giant peaks of the TJmtahs Umtahs Urntahs mark markthe markthe markthe the northern boundary of the primitive pnml 1ve area Geologists say that theentire the theentIre theentire entIre region was once much higher , . possibly thousands of feet hIgher hIgherthan higherthan higherthan than the loftiest peak Erosion Droslon that has carved out tho the USntah Uintah bastU basin basinhas bastUhas basin.has basinhas . has left the peaks Precipitation PrecipJtatlon is greatest at the west end where the themoun themountains themountains moun mountains tams have the first chance to condense moistuie mOlstUle moisture from westerlywInd'3 westerlywinds westerly winds wInd'3 wInd3 ' ' Prom I'rom Irom from this end water erosion has been a little htUe greater through throughthe throughthe throughthe the ages and this proba probably ly accounts accounta for the difference lfference in m elevation of ofover ofover ofover over 1,500 1500 , , feet between the Bald Balcl mountain mountam , a western towner of thoarea tho thoarea thoarea area , and Gilbert peak , , northeastern corner which is 13.422 13422 13,422 13,43 1343 . , feet abovesea abovesea above abovesea sea level Reid peak . , Ha Harden Haden den peak peal peakwith " , -with with - its pass to tbo tho the Weber rIver riverML , 1\11 1 11 Mt \ . . Agassiz Agasslz , La \ Mott 1\Iott 1 Iott peak peale and lofty Tokewahna Tokewalma are the land markson marks markson markson on the tho north of this primitive PrJmItve ! area of about 225 square milesThose milesThose miles milesThose Those who have soared over the region reglon in planes report that thelake the thelake thalake lake basins of the northeast corner under Gilbert Gnbert peak peal " . , Red Castle Castleand Castleand Castleand and \ Mt 1\1t 1 1t "Wilson Wilson " are much larger than the Granddaddy group Farthersouth I'arther Iarther Farther I'arthersouth ' Farthersouth south on the east est . ! side , , probably 50 small tributines trIbut'1nes trIbut1nes tributaries ' to Lake fork of the theDuchesne theDuchesne theDuchesne Duchesne as well weH as streams that flow to the Uintah river fIver , have their theirnoses theirnoses theirnoses noses In mountain mountmn lake lalce groups , large and smallThe smallThe small smallThe The "western western " and southern boundaries boundarIcs of the area are Known KnO\\n KnO n ie own \ to tomany tomany tomany many " , who ho go beyond beond ; } the automobile automoblle highways The north fork of the theDuchesne theDuchesne theDuchesne Duchesne Is roughly the western boundary boundary The Brown Duck lakes are tn to tnthe tothe tnthe the middle of the southern boundary For many years fishermen , . start start- starting starting starting - ing from the end of the road at Moon lake lalce , , Ducbesne Duchesne county , have havepacked havepacked havepacked packed to the Brown Duck lakes lakesA lakesA . A forest highway Is now approaching year by 5 ; } ear , . from the trans trans- transcontmental transcontinental transcontinental - continental contmental highway at E : 1\ 1 Evanston 1anston \ anston , Wyoming Wyommg , eventually to arrive at atMIrror atMirror atMirror MIrror lake , . giv gh gii ing a mid summer entrance to Salt Lake Clt City ; } ' through throughthe throughthe throughthe the tops of the "American American " Alps ' ' . Last year the first appropriation was made tor for a 'a n ' . cooperative pro pro- project project project - ject of or the forest service and the bureau of or fisheries and sun surr survey ey begunto begun begunto begunto to determine determmo the life me adapted to these high hlgh lakes and the kind of game gamefish gamefish gamefish fish that will "ill ill " naturally Increase in them Also it is proposed to jointhe jointhe join jointhe the barren lakes to those with outlets and eventually evcntually to stock the lake lakegroups lakegroups lakegroups groups ol of the entire cntiro entiro al aiea area ea Some trout try fry were packed pached in last year . This year large appropriations seem certiin cert'lfn certlfn certain ' for development of ot the therecreational therecreational thorecreational recreational use ot of the forest The program vrogram of trail building and sur sur- survey survey survey - vey and of fish and game culture culturewill -will will - no doubt be greatly enlarged enlarged'Don't 'Don't Dont Don't ' , ' be surprised surprJsed , , " said one government official , , ' 'it it ' If landing fields fieldsnre fieldsare fieldsare nre are builtin built Jn In the Ottoson basin , on the Dead Horse Horso pass and An Anderson's Andersons Anderson'spass Andersen'spass Andersenspass erson's ersons erson'spass ' pass " ' 'Then Then ' as the trails tralls } push > ush farther into the primitive prlmith primith e a arei are'l arel area ' , . , Slt Salt SltLake SaltLake SiltLake , Lake fishermen may angle anglo tor for the big fellows that made their firstjourney first firstjourney firstjourney journey to the tho high lugh lakes by aliplanc ahplane airplane " ' ? There 'Ihere Ihere here are now no trails to tohundreds tohundreds tohundreds hundreds of at the lakes and over most of the vast region no binmn hUm'1n hUm1n human ' foot foothas foothas foothas has ever pressed the mountain rnountam loam Forest rangers have followed tho the thetributaries thotrIbutarIes thotributaries trIbutarIes ot of c cery cv c\ c \ cry ery stream and mapped mappcd the location ot of lake groups and andestimated andestimated andestimated estimated the timber standsThIs standsThis stands standsThis This primitive prlmltlve area "will will wl11 " eventually have at least leust two gateways fromthe from fromthe fromthe I the Utah side In addition to the Mirror lake entrance , there is l1tUe little l1tUedoubt littledoubt littledoubt doubt that a highway will be built from trom Moon lake to the tho Brown Duck Ducklakes Ducklakes Ducklakes lakes in the middle of the southern boundary . The Tho road to Moon hke lake lakeis hkeIs likais Is now being improved aa t8 as : It must be used In construction ot of the mil mil- millIon million million - lion dollar dam and canal S system ; } stem , , now under way The Tho route from from1Ioon fromMoon fromMoon 1\Ioon 1 Ioon Moon \ lake to the primltt-ve primltt ve primIth primitive - e area would be rather easy In comp comparisonwith compirison comparison trIson trIsonwith < with the road built bunt to surmount the Bald mountain mountam pass ' This 'Ihls Ihls 'lhis lhis would wouldgive wouldgive wouldgive give Uintah Ulntah basin counties , particularly Duchesne , now known bv by therather the therather therather rather dcsolito dcsohte desolate stretches of the transcontinental highway , a n chince ch\nce ch nce chance ' \ to toshow toshow toshow show the \ world orld the matchless grandeur and the time recreational facilitiesof tacllltiesot taclllties facilities ot of thp the high UrntahsMa Ulntahs Uintahs Urntahs UlntahsMR , " MR Ma . . 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