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| apachedino | Fall brilliance  Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2012 | |
| Great fall colors and an interesting plateau with great views. An enormous full yellow moon lit our way down. Fish lake looks like an its perched on the edge of the world from near the trailhead. Backpacked in Dark Canyon for 5 days after this and Ellen. | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2013 5:34 pm | ||
| joseyinnet | Fish Lake Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2012 | |
| Wanted to see Pando, the aspen colony, and climb this while I was at it. The aspen were really spectacular and a really pleasant hike. The summit boulder had a bunch of puddles with a lot of tadpoles in them. Pretty cool. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2012 12:11 am | ||
| strongbadreggie | Hot day Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2012 | |
| Hiked up through Pelican Canyon. My black dog Rocky got overheated, so I had to wrap him in my white t-shirt, and soak it with water. He cooled off quickly, but I ended up sunburned. Lot of work for a pile of rocks... | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2012 7:14 pm | ||
| DarrenKnezek | 6th of 8 in a day Co. HP Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2011 | |
| Drove up the 4WD road from Eric's instructions. I think that it might actually be faster to hike up Pelican. :) | ||
| Posted Sep 6, 2011 6:51 pm | ||
| voxnihili | Rough Day Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010 | |
| The hike itself isn't too bad. I started out from the west side, but bailed because of lightning. The weather appeared to clear, so I tried again from Pelican Point. I don't know if I ate something bad, was too dehydrated or what, but I did not feel well during my time on top of the plateau. Made it back to the trees before the lightning returned. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2011 1:34 pm | ||
| utclimber | Pelican Canyon Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2010 | |
| Nice hike, hot day, still lots of snow. | ||
| Posted Jun 28, 2010 12:00 am | ||
| shphilby | Good times Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007 | |
| From the parking lot we went straight up. i was calling with my elk calls and must of called in a heard of elk because i had elk everywhere. Just when we made it to the top a snow storm hit and we had to walk out in the snow and darkness. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 11:18 am | ||
| Moogie737 | One more county highpoint checked off Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2009 | |
| #1 8-27-09 This is a pleasant hike. For the most part the trail is easy to follow although a couple of the signs can be confusing. I will post some sort of report if I can and include pictures to help those looking for better hints than the ones in the two county highpoint books in publication. They are outdated in many respects. #2 5-27-13 Obwohl ich wunderbare Geselschaft hatte so war diese Wanderung schwer da es so viel Schnee gegeben hat das der richtige Weg unmoeglich zu folgen war. Trotzdem haben wir es geschafft! | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2009 2:59 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | Fish Lake Hightop Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2009 | |
| We did the long scenic drive through Cathedral Valley in Capitol Reef in the morning. Then we made it to Fish Lake Hightop in the afternoon. I liked the huge boulders on the summit. Really cool. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2009 4:05 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Drove 4WD road Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2009 | |
| Had the kids so had to get close. Drove all the way to the end of the road at the base of the summit rocks. My kids loved the big boulders and my 3 year old was able to climb all the way to the summit among them. Pics and map at http://www.willhiteweb.com/utah/county_highpoint/fishlake_hightop_plateau_088.htm | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2009 3:31 am | ||
| Pfeiffer75 | Interesting hike Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009 | |
| Took the Pelican Canyon route to the plateau. Had a hard time finding the actual highpoint. Eventually resorted to the GPS. Only a small wood structure and USGS marker at the highpoint. The meadow was beautiful on top of the plateau | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2009 4:11 pm | ||
| Kadee | Island Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| This is a very cool peak. I loved the actual summit of this one, I felt like I was on some sort of island with all the huge rocks around me. Great hike. | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2008 12:06 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Beautiful Area Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2008 | |
| Great area. We really enjoyed it! | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2008 10:25 pm | ||
| KirtDavis | Cold Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007 | |
| Got on a 5 highpoint trip bagging Brian Head, Andy Nelson, Bluebell Knoll, Fish Lake Hightop and Monument Peak. Went down in a snowstorm at dark... What an experience! | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2007 11:01 pm | ||
| Scott Wesemann | Cold motha! Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2007 | |
| With Brandon and Darren Nielsen. We had snow, wind and clouds. We were well prepared, but it was very cold on this day. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2007 4:45 pm | ||
| LonePeakFreak | Summit at Sundown Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007 | |
| Reached the top just in time to watch the sunset. Enjoyable hike on the plateau. Temps in the low 60's, tons of deer and elk. Summit register was destroyed, only the lid remained. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2007 3:22 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Foggy hike Date Climbed: May 4, 2003 | |
| This was a foggy hike with very little visibility. There was still quite a bit of snow on the plateau and it was much colder than expected (15F or so). | ||
| Posted Mar 2, 2007 7:02 pm | ||
| surgent | Came up from the road Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2006 | |
| Parked near Gahew Spring turnoff road and hiked to the top. Had the peak all to myself on a glorious clear day. Met up with an ATVer on the way down. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2006 10:47 pm | ||
| Tracy | ascended via Tasha Creek Trail and descended via Pelican Canyon Date Climbed: Jun 8, 1996 | |
| I climbed this one with my brother, Guy. We were at a family reunion at Fish Lake and what started out as a family hike up Tasha Creek with 16 of us ended up with just Guy and I climbing to the top (where we found and photographed the USGS marker - not an easy task on a flat topped mountain). Beautiful country up there. | |
| Posted Apr 21, 2006 6:09 am | ||
| Eleutheros | Family Tradition Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2000 | |
| I've been on the hightop many times during October's deer hunting season. Various routes including Tasha Creek, Pelican Canyon and from what I remember, a walk up from a 4WD road above Daniel's Canyon. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 10:26 pm | ||
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