Show The High Uintah e Primitive r e er m live Ar Area Aa a t 6 I j 1 L aid 5 F 1 ti y ti q b r ti wr w a av 0 U 9 f wN Jr c v v. v t 3 1 t wry Thi hp Is one of a o aeries of or articles article to appear apper ap n In this thU newspaper 1 s' s B I Ly by tIe the Salt elt Lake Advertising Club associated c vc dub clubs of or couth rn and central Utah and ami chambers of Comm commerce rc part of ot a aPlon api Utah's resources resource so that local l p people will pi Plon o i am to pol point out e a Know Utah Better Detter J I Dy By AMOS JENKINS Only a few rew w Ja years rs ago age Secretary of or War George H H. Bern Dern then governor gov gos tf erner of Utah headed an rt exploring party through the Haydes canyon canon trail trall out of or the can canyon on of or the north fork of the Duchesne river into tho the u lott lofty unknown region east of or tho the junction of or the Wasatch range with the Uintah mountains mount t Last year In late July J kly Mirror lake now gateway to this region resembled Liberty park parle on a holiday In the meantime by presidential proc proclamation the area beyond the last cow or sheep trail has forever been set sat apart as The Th High Uintah Primitive e Area earl early 4 domain man t of ot the kind in the state E Every year the thc trails t p n Irate deeper and deeper Into Inlo this region To Ta begin begin n with the forest t t s service a n decade a ago o built hullt a forest development develop elop m ment nt ul ro-ul to tap the ripe rips l JJ ole c e pole Iole pine that flint blankets the mountains Later recreation funds a a. n v ne-v r appropriation er th tho tha forc forest l service became be be- h high nu au automobile highway highway high high- c came available l and m the time road was m a gear coar way a to tJ the time hikes 1 at the hard tl of the time Provo river Finally FInlly came the e New r Dc Deal l and with It the s h-s g and ind In beautiful eee earn came on 01 the Soapstone i upp upper r Pr Provo o From thi this camo tub c nips were established on both sides of oC the Bald mountain pas pass New cv switch backs were made mide to lift the tha highway around the shoulder cf Bald Dahl mountain The rorA roi now only a wonderful Cul ful tri trip of or a few hours f r Lam O om S Salt t L Lake Lale c to Mirror La Lake e tributary to the DUC rh river ter r 1 The eee boys bas alo alro du dug foot paths and built bunt emi ciari sites on trails leading Into the wil wilderness 1 from Mirror Min lake The trail t first blazed b by the Salt SaIL Lake council of B n Bv outs S from Mirror or I Lake to the Granddaddy Granddaddy Grand Grand- daddy lake lale group was Improved d and graded The Boy Scout council 1 acquired as a p permanent sun summer it e eBald r homo another another lake two miles up the Bald m mountain from Mirror lake now kno known n as S Scout ott l like lake e. e From I atnas the highway to Mirror lake proceeds up Beaver Bearer creek a u d dWeber Weber tributary then over oyer the thu Shingle creek divide an and onto the north northfork fork folk of ot the Provo near the Junction of ot the fork with the main rarer riTer s Crossing the thc north fork bridge the highway soon meets the main stream of or the We upper Provo Poo with its alternate rapids falls alb and deep gorges and aad proceeds l on on an an cany easy grade to to near Lake From this lake with lon long easy ersy switch backs the highway climbs to the Bald Eald mountain pas pass Here if ever comes the that one is residing on en top of or the world for the world appears far b below tow At the summit on the he divide divid between bet the Provo and Duchesne Duches e which Is also the Great Basin divide a trail is marked which leads lead to the forest tire fire out look-out station on top of th the Bald mountain From this staton n on a a. clear day most of the Wasatch range and Uintah mountain t ya b m ma may be seen The road then quickly drops down to tho the shores of or Mirror lake Jake almost a summer town now This lako lake at the feet of or the Bald mountain moun moun- mountain tain occupies the same sarno relative position as Jennoy's lake und under r the Grand The mountain is reflected under the crystal water Eastward for over 25 miles the giant slant peaks of the m mark rk the tha northern boundary of the primitive area Geologists say that the tho entire region was once much higher possibly thousands cf of feet higher than the loftiest peak peale Erosion that has carved out the Uintah basin has left lert the peas peats Precipitation la fa greatest at the west end where the tho mountains have the first chance to condense moisture from westerly winds From this end water erosion has been a little greater through the n ages asjes es and this probably accounts for the difference In elevation of ot over 0 1500 fc feet t between the Bald mountain a western towner of or tho the area a and Gilbert Gilbort peak northeastern corner which is 1342 feet above sea Ilea level Reid p peak ak Hayden peak with its Hg pass to the Weber riTer rimer I- I Mt Ht t. t La Mott peak paak and lofty are the land marks marka markson on the north of or this primitive t area of ot about square miles Tho Those e who ho have soared over the region in planes report that the lake basins of or the northeast corner under Gilbert peak Red Castle and Mt bit Wilson Vilson are cc much larg larger r than the Granddaddy group Farther south on the cast side probably 50 small tributaries to Lake fork fok of oC the Duchesne as well as s streams that flow to th the Uintah river have halve their noses in mountain lake groups large and small The we western tern tern and southern boundaries of the area aren are Known to many who go beyond tho automobile highways highway's S The north fork of or the Duchesne is roughly the western boundary The Brown Duck lakes are In to Inthe time the middle o of the time southern boundary For many years fishermen starting start starl ing Ing from the end of oC the road at Moon lake Ducheane Duchesne county haTe hare packed to the Brown Duck lakes A ro forest est highway y Is s now approaching year ye by year from the tho transcontinental trans tuns- continental highway at Evanston Wyoming eventually to arrive arrhe at Rt u Mirror 1 lake a k c giving a midsummer summer entrance to Salt Lake City through the tops of the American Alps I Last year the first appropriation was made for a n cooperative pro project Sect of th the forest service and the bureau of oC fisheries t and survey surrey to d determine the life adapted to these high lakes and the kin kind of or game tl fish h that will wiil naturally Increase in them Also it Is proposed to Join joll the barren lakes to those with outlets and eventually to stock the lake lakeR R groups of or the lime entire area Some trout fry packed in last year year- This year large l-ge appropriations seem certain for development of or the recreational us use c of the forest The program of ot trail building and aur vcr and of or fish and game culture will no doubt be greatly enlarged This TT I primitive area ea will eventually have haye at least two gateways from the u Utah side In n addition to the Mirror lake entrance there thore Is little doubt that a hl highway hwa will be built bunt from Moon lake to the the Brown Duck lakes In tn the ml late lake middle dle of oC the southern boundary Y The Tho road to Moon I is s now being im improved i ed as aft It must be bo recd need In fa construction of ot the m ho lion hon dollar dam daU da from fro and canal system now under wa way The Tile route glom lake to tue i pr primitive Te area arEm would be rather easy in comp comparison rl j V with h t the would e road built to surmount t tho the Bald mountain p pass ass This Ibis g give e Uin Uintah tah bc basin ln counties particularly Duchesne now known b bj t M he rather desolate 6 Ut to toof o T stretches ol or the transcontinental highway a chance chanc Shaw lOW the W- W Wd world d the tha e matchless grandeur and the recreational 1 fc f t or of the tho high M U 8 n Ma Mn c n Do D yur Yu ur et rt lo to o 1 v erlise Utah Please send end A fit to SO WIn e f nJ or e or out QuI of 01 the lie Stole SIal |