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| jhardink | Kings  Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2011 | |
| Sept 2, 2011 Summited on a quick 2-day trip to the area. Climbed Mt Powell on the first day, then from a basecamp 2 miles below Gunsight Pass, I went over into Painter Basin and traversed the ridge from Trail Rider Pk to Kings. Saw few people buts lots of sheep (and I don't mean the wild kind!). August 20, 2010 Climbed from Henrys Fk with a friend. Great weather, and delicious bourbon back at camp. Sept 4, 2009 First time up. Climbed S Kings and Henrys Fk Pk as well. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2011 5:39 pm | ||
| danielrfay | Great Peak Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2011 | |
| Hiked in Saturday and camped in the last pines before Gunsight. Bagged the summit on Sunday morning, packed up and headed home. Awesome peak. We ran into some heavy rain on the way down gunsight but it cleared up within an hour. | ||
| Posted Sep 1, 2011 6:00 pm | ||
| vbeckman74 | Tired Boxer Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2005 | |
| This is a long one. I think it's on par with Hood. My boxer made the summit. Still lots of snow. He then slept for 24 hours straight. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 6:45 pm | ||
| mfox79 | Not one storm in three days Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011 | |
| I had the summmit all to myself for the full 45 minutes I was up there beautiful blue bird day not a cloud in sight. I left Dollar Lake at 6:00 and summited at 10:45(not a spped record) this was my second visit up Henry's Fork. it's truly a magical place. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2011 4:41 pm | ||
| xpda | Nice Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2011 | |
| Via Henry's Fork. There was a new bridge to replace the one that washed out. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2011 9:51 pm | ||
| BLong | Highpointing fun! Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011 | |
| I enjoyed hiking the Utah highpoint with a couple of buddies on a relaxing 3-day backpacking trip. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2011 2:21 pm | ||
| jcscratch1 | Rocks, Mosquitos, and Wind, Oh My! Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2011 | |
| I'm thinking about writing a trip report, but was hoping someone could tell me if there's a register at the summit. Because of high wind and fog and concern for my partner, I summitted just long enough to say "I did it" before heading back down. I did not look very hard, but was just wondering if there was one there. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2011 6:39 am | ||
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| bsstumpy | Re: Rocks, Mosquitos, and Wind, Oh My! | |
| There is no mailbox. As the Highpointer's Club Kings Peak Liaison, I questioned the Forest Service about putting one in. The Forest Service doesn't allow one on Kings because it's in a Wilderness Area. Go figure. I've seen mailboxes in other Wilderness Areas. By the way, how was Elkhorn Crossing and overall trail conditions? I had heard the new bridge built last year was washed out. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2011 5:50 pm | ||
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| jcscratch1 | Re: Rocks, Mosquitos, and Wind, Oh My! | |
| There's another new bridge there. Not quite as robust as the previous one (one end is still hangin' on), but should last the season no problem. It's just three poles lashed side-by-side. The trail's great all the way up to Gunsight Pass. A few muddy areas prior to Dollar from the sheep and horses, but nothing bad. I was surprised, though, at the lack of trail between Gunsight and Anderson on the traverse, especially through the boulder field. Wasn't sure if we should have stayed higher instead of crossing straight over to Anderson. Thanks for answering my question. I did get the right "summit" and even ventured over a few more false ones to make sure I got the right one. With the fog as thick as it was, I couldn't even tell if I was getting lower or higher. What a hike! | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2011 12:11 am | ||
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| bsstumpy | Re: Rocks, Mosquitos, and Wind, Oh My! | |
| Glad you had a successful hike and thanks for the trail info. I have friends heading to Kings. I'll be able to give them and other highpointers first hand knowledge about trail conditions. Keep Klimbin and be safe. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2011 10:24 pm | ||
| awilk7 | Kings Solo Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010 | |
| Everyone else that was planning on the trek to the summit of Kings Peak bugged out, but I was determined to see it through. After convincing my dear wife that even though I would be attempting the peak solo, there would be many fellow hikers around me at (basically) all times, I made the trip. One night in to Dollar Lake, summit on day 2, hike out from Dollar Lake and drive home on day 3. Descended via the "chute" which I would recommend only if you are comfortable on steep, rocky terrain. Rock fall is a real danger here. | ||
| Posted Aug 2, 2011 10:26 am | ||
| yadahzoemtn | Just Neo and I Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2001 | |
| 09/23/01 Neo, my Golden Retriever struggled on some of the bouldering near the top but when he discovered the whining didn't help, he figured it out. We shared the summit with a two other people. One of which was conditioning to do Ama Dublin. 08/08/06 With Noah, Brewster and Neo, the dog. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2011 9:28 pm | ||
| bdivall | King's Peak Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009 | |
| Started from Henry's Fork Trailhead on 8/17/09 at 9:25AM. Arrived at camp at 40.81161N / 110.36903W at 1:35PM. It began snowing at 1:28PM until about 6PM. After the snow let up, attempted summit of Gilbert Peak up the draw above our camp at 4PM. Turned around at 40.81966N / 110.3513W at 6:21PM due to threatening storm & nightfall. Started for Kings Peak on 8/18 at 9:37AM. Reached Gunsight Pass at 10:32AM. Reached Anderson Pass at 1:56PM. Summited Kings Peak at 3:44PM. The entire day was clear & pleasant. Began descent from King's Peak at 4:50PM. Descended "The Chute" between West Gunsight Peak & Henrys Fork Peak at 6:08PM. Arrived at camp at 8PM. Left camp on 8/19 at 11AM. Arrived at Henry's Fork Trailhead at 2:07PM. | ||
| Posted May 22, 2011 7:58 pm | ||
| harbor | Sunset summit Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2010 | |
| Summited King's with my sister. Hiked from Alligator lake to the summit in one day. Summited around 6:30 pm as the sun was going down. Made it back to Dollar Lake around 10:00 pm. Great time of the year to hike if you can find a weeked with warm clear weather. Only saw a half a dozen other people the whole weekend. | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2011 3:59 am | ||
| Wollv | Incredible view Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2009 | |
| via henry forks | ||
| Posted Jan 2, 2011 1:34 pm | ||
| tonybell1 | 3 days makes it very reasonable Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2010 | |
| Beautiful hike/climb. | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2010 12:41 am | ||
| runbyu1 | First test of the Altra Lone Peak's Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| Out on a fastpacking trip with a couple of buddies. Tested the new "Lone Peak" by my company Altra Footwear. The Zero Drop platform and foot shaped last were incredible. We hiked/ran about 30 miles this day. King's summit was about halfway. We ran up from a couple of miles below Anderson Pass, summitted, took pics, and ran back to our packs only to book another 10 miles or so before cliff jumping off the rocks into the snow and bouncing into the icy lake wearing "The Adam" by Altra as well. Pretty stellar day. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2010 4:10 pm | ||
| Mooner | Up I Go | |
| 07/27/09 via Henery Fork. Day hiked. Took just over 9 hours round trip. 09/08/11 as part of long day combined with 3 others 13ers | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2010 4:42 am | ||
| kavak | From Henry's Fork TH Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010 | |
| Met up with Highlandvillager and his group above Dollar Lake where we camped. The next day we hiked together to Gunsight Pass where I wanted to take the Anderson Pass shortcut variation. We agreed to split up at this point and I made good time to Anderson pass with some sidehilling and boulder hopping. I waited a bit for my companions before deciding to continue up the ridge from Anderson Pass. I met two of our group while on my way down from the summit. We eventually all met up again at Gunsight Pass. The weather was perfect and there were incredible views for my first time in the Uintas. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2010 11:43 am | ||
| Wisemtn | Anderson Pass & Summit Porter Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| Went with Kopta, Q, and 4. Backpacked in about 8 miles and camped the 1st day. Day 2 hiked another 8 miles to the summit and back. The most miles I've ever done in a day so far. Highest peak I've made it to yet. Extremely beautiful and fun. Went up Anderson Pass and enjoyed a 1/4 of a King's Peak Porter at summit. Super tiring! Backpacked out the 8 miles the 3rd day. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2010 1:49 pm | ||
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