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High Uintas Wilderness > Kings-Emmons Ridge > Climber's Log|
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| ZeeJay | One piece at a time  Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009 | |
| 8/11/2009 Did Roberts Peak and North Emmons in a 24 mile, 6000' elevation gain, 14 hour day from Swifts Creek TH. Lots and lots and lots of boulders descending from the saddle N of Roberts. Roberts Peak is by far the most interesting peak on the ridge. These were my last 2 peaks to hit on the ridge as I've previously done Emmons and S Emmons twice. The water level in the creek was considerably higher than expected so I opted for the dreaded bushwhack again to avoid the two stream crossings. Perfect weather. 7/7/2009 Did the northern 4 peaks in the ridge in one long 17 hour, 28+ mile day starting from the Henrys Fork TH. I did Kings Peak, S Kings Peak, Painter Peak (13387), and Trail Rider Peak (13247). Then descended into Painter Basin, back over Gunsight Pass, and back to the start. The weather was perfect. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 11:54 pm | ||
| apachedino | Almost.... Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| 6 of 8 isn't bad. From Timothy Lake, made it from South Emmons to Painter before bad weather moved in and pushed us off.....should have stuck it out because 3 hours later it broke and was beautiful, but it was bitter cold, windy, and snowy on the ridge and it only looked like it would get worse at the time. I will be back. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2008 4:02 pm | ||
| Tracy | Kings Peak attempt from Timothy Lakes Date Climbed: Aug 30, 1985 | |
| My brother Eric and I set out from our camp at Timothy lakes to climb Kings Peak. We climbed to the top of Peak 13,247 (Trail Rider Peak) and then headed north along the ridge to the top of Peak 13,387 (Painter Peak). The wind at this point was ferocious and we decided to save King's Peak for another day (which we finally did almost 22 years later). | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2006 4:16 am | ||
| mtn runr | Route Climbed: North to South (King's to Emmons) Date Climbed: June 19, 2005 | |
| Fred Gabriel and I left our camp in Painter Basin on snowshoes at 6:00 AM and headed up King's Peak from the Southeast. We hiked the entire ridge and descended Emmons at dusk. Crossing below Carrot Lake we encountered horrible collapsing snow and serious runoff as darkness enveloped us. It took hours to negotiate around Allred and Atwood Lakes and find our way over Trailrider Pass. Guided by Fred's GPS and with our way lighted by a fortuitous bright moon, we finally made camp a little past 1:00 AM., some nineteen hours after we began. I fell into bed too tired to eat and slept like a dead man. Truly an epic adventure! | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2006 9:29 pm | ||
| Scott | Route Climbed: Kings-Emmons Ridge from Dry Gulch/Uinta River Date Climbed: August 1997 | |
| I have been to the ridge various times, and on one trip in August 1997, did the entire ridge run. Unfortunately, the normal afternoon thunderstorms thwarted my plans, and I dared not stand on the summits of Peaks 13,387 and 13,247, though I did complete the entire ridge. The two peaks mentioned remain the only 13’ers in Utah that I haven’t actually summited. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2005 1:12 pm | ||
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