Gold Hill - (Uintas) - Anyone been there?

[1\4elliptic toy]

Kurt, give me a call. I know where there are some old cabins and mines on gold hill....But you should have known that

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Kurt, give me a call. I know where there are some old cabins and mines on gold hill....But you should have known that

I was waiting for you to chime in... Where were you last week when Olly and I were up there? "out of the office" You were out playing...

 

[1\4elliptic toy]

I was waiting for you to chime in... Where were you last week when Olly and I were up there? "out of the office" You were out playing...

I was in jackson ho...Man I love that town...

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I was in jackson ho...Man I love that town...

Don't worry about inviting me....

So you available one of these days to do a Gold Hill tour... I need to duct tape a GPS to your a** so I can figure out all the cool places you go up there...

Nutha question... those cave at the end of South Fork Weber River Canyon... Do they have a name?

 

[1\4elliptic toy]

Don't worry about inviting me....

So you available one of these days to do a Gold Hill tour... I need to duct tape a GPS to your a** so I can figure out all the cool places you go up there...

Nutha question... those cave at the end of South Fork Weber River Canyon... Do they have a name?

Anytime I'm not working....Prolly later in the week, (thurs,friday)

Man, I know of a thousand mines/caves/sink holes up there. Yes they do have a name "Dan clyde memorial caves"

 

[Cruiser]

First...Mark you are old but ALWAYS welcome!
Tracy.. you are a complete hoser for not being in town for us to harass when we are in kamas....

i have been up most of the highway 150 roads but i must have missed that one..it is an awsome place and it should be throughly enjoyable to explore!

looking forward to it.....



and kurt..the van will recover with minor welding, gusseting and a new radiator(free)....

 

[1\4elliptic toy]

and kurt..the van will recover with a new radiator(free)....

Ha Ha "get in the zone.. AUTOZONE" LOL

 

[Cruiser]

Ha Ha "get in the zone.. AUTOZONE" LOL

actually NO..this is different....however i do have a new radi hookup!! any radiator....

and...i have my cruiser torn down...i will warantee both my smog pump(sounds like its gunna blow) and my PS pump(leaks) just for fun!!!

 

[Cody]

I'm off Thursday! We'll be in Durango on the 28th

I'm down for thursday--may be a bit rainy, but it'll be fun.

Who else would be down? Kurt? Olli? Tracy?

If we go, should I drag my jeep up there, or take the dodge? Just ride along with a trail worthy 4x4?

Cody

 

[fourdoorjeep]

If you are talking to me, I bought it from the Ranger Station in Kamas about 8 years ago. It shows all of the wilderness area and some of the outlining areas too. Let me know when you go and I will bring it. I am sure the main office on North Temple and just off Redwood Road would have some. It will most likely be the same one (not updated). They put free maps in a box at the info board at the Ranger station in Kamas (not as much detail), but they are dated 1998 and many of the roads on it are closed, and they do not show Gold Hill on them. I would like to talk to the ranger at the station in Kamas but they close a 4:30 p.m. Here is the cover to the map.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Anyone still interested in heading up there tomorrow???

I am down anytime, but I must be back in SLC ~6:00..

I know Cody & Olly are down...

 

[Cody]

I'm in. I'll get up early and get my stuff done. I shold be ready by 9:30. If you want to go earlier, let me know and i'll get up earlier.

Cody

 

[Houndoc]

Do we get a report on the trip? Love to hear what you found...

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Do we get a report on the trip? Love to hear what you found...

Check out the trip reports....

Heres the link...
http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=14144

 

[Houndoc]

Looks like a place to add to my to do list

 

[goldenone]

gold hill

Olly and I went exploring up Mirror Lake Highway on Wednesday (8/11/04)... ended up on a bunch of dirt roads around Gold Hill...

Couple questions for the knowing:

1. Some old books of mine show Gold Hill as a ghost town, pics of fallen cabins, etc... Anyone know where they are?

2. Can one get to Whitney Lake from the Gold Hill area? Topo's say no, but I think I saw a open road heading down to the lake, as the other heads to ridge of Gold Hill Mountain

Any cool spots to check out in the area?

Thanks in advance

Yes there are two ways to gold hill in the Uintas one is whitney road and the other gold hill road both turn off from hiway 150 five miles from the wyoming border..

There are TWO gold hill areas.. one near wendover nevada and one in the Uintas.. there are no ruins at the one in the Uintas but Mill City still has some log foundations.. They built a flume from Mill City through the gold hill area 30 miles into Evanston.. there are just a few signs of it now.. Weed and tree covered rock mounds through Mill City Creek area.. Ive been up there every year sense 1970

 

[goldenone]

there is a road that travels to the summit of Gold Hill that drops into Whitney Resivour but now days its ATV trail.. very narrow and steep.. you dont want to meet another truck on it

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Wow, 13 year thread bump

Certainly familiar with the two different Gold Hills, I own property in one (Tooele County) and am still on the hunt for the foundations in the other (Unitas). I need to get back up there and poke around soon.

Welcome to RME!

 

[Kevin B.]

I've been up and around Gold Hill a couple times. The back way into Whitney isn't that bad, little bumpy but definitely more entertaining than dodging UTVs and forty foot houses on wheels on the main drag and the campsite where that road fetches the lake is almost always empty. I've never found any cabins or mining remains along that stretch though? Topo shows one prospect near the highway, but I haven't checked it out yet. I've read that there are remains of a logging flume in several areas up there, but I haven't found that yet either.

I want to know more about this Jeep road between Whitney and Smith and Morehouse, is that open? I've never tried it, I'm told it crosses private property with locked gates in Weber Canyon.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Yup, gated.