Gold Hill, Whitney Lake, Moffit Pass

[cruiseroutfit]

Great day exploring some new trails (new to me)... Olly, Cody, and I hopped in my Tacoma and hauled A back up to where Olly and I had left off the week before.

Our goal was to try and connect the Gold Hill/Whitney Lake area with Smith & Morehouse Canyon, just as we suspected (thanks to fourdoor jeep)... the trail has a gate... so we continued to the next connector road (marked in my GPS) and it also was gated, this one indicating it crossed private property. We could see tracks that lead down throught the canyon, but you know... responsibility...

We then headed further North, and over to Whitney Lake (which is surprisingly ~50' low... checked out the USFS Ranger Station (Warming Hut) and headed back out baja style to HW150, stopped and checked out the Upper Provo River Falls and bombed back into Kamas, and SLC.

Great trip!

Pics to come...

 

[EZRhino]

Was Moffit Pass one of the routes down into S&M ?
Can you get from Gold Hill Pass directly to Whitney Res?
EZ

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Was Moffit Pass one of the routes down into S&M ?

EZ

Kindve, you go over Moffits Pass, and you can look right down into S&M Canyon... there is big USFS (Locked Gate ahead sign, etc)... but if you continue on Moffit's Pass, you end up at the N end of Whitney Lake... so it is a big loop... Look at the topo, right where is says Moffits Pass, is where the turnoff to S&M canyon lies...

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Can you get from Gold Hill Pass directly to Whitney Res?
EZ

Yes, Topo's don't show the road, but it is there and OPEN to OHV use...

You want me to email you my tracklog & waypoint list?

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Cody and Olly at an undamed lake... can you say KILLER camping spot...

 

[James K]

Cody and Olly at an undamed lake... can you say KILLER camping spot...

cool pic.



did you take Olly up there to release him back to the wild

 

[cruiseroutfit]

The Tacoma in front of the Whitney Lake in USFS Ranger Station (Warming Hut)

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Whitney Lake...

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Me in front of Upper Provo River Falls.... (A Cody McKendrick Photo - all rights reserved)

 

[cruiseroutfit]

...did you take Olly up there to release him back to the wild

Yup... but Cody and I figured that the greenies would consider him some sort vandalism...

 

[James K]

Yup... but Cody and I figured that the greenies would consider him some sort vandalism...

true. got to watch that

 

[O'neal]

Where's the fishin pic's.

 

[greenjeep]

Looks awesome, those are great pics, except that falls one

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Where's the fishin pic's.

No kiddin'... there were alot of people up there doing some mid-week fishing...

 

[Meat_]

Yes, Topo's don't show the road, but it is there and OPEN to OHV use...

You want me to email you my tracklog & waypoint list?

What Topo software are you using? That road is on mine and so it the other lake.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

What Topo software are you using? That road is on mine and so it the other lake.

AllTopo Utah, I may need to update, but it is as current as the latest USGS maps... What are you using?

Can you post a pic of yours?

 

[Meat_]

AllTopo Utah, I may need to update, but it is as current as the latest USGS maps... What are you using?

Can you post a pic of yours?

TOPO! Utah is something like 1550 seamless 7.5' maps

 

[cruiseroutfit]

TOPO! Utah is something like 1550 seamless 7.5' maps

Sure enough, my topo software does not show that road, this is the first that I have encountered as such... I am going to update my software and see if that fix's the problem... I really like the Utah AllTopo, it is easy to use, and interfaces with my GPS really easily...

 

[Meat_]

FYI I just checked and that map is a fairly recent map (sorry about the bad pic quality.... I really need to invest in a host...)

 

[cruiseroutfit]

FYI I just checked and that map is a fairly recent map (sorry about the bad pic quality.... I really need to invest in a host...)

Yup, look like I need to get something figured out...