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StatsWhat: One day ski trip to the summit of Gunsight Peak (13263')
Where: Uinta Mountains, Utah, 2.15 miles NE of Kings Peak
Length: 23.5 miles round trip
Total elevation gain: 4,531'
Start elevation: 8972'
Start location: Henrys Fork winter parking
Date: April 4, 2011
Round trip time: 14 hours 25 min, 5:35am to 8pm
Time to summit: 9 hours 15 min
Participants: me
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From the gate follow the dirt Hell Hole Basin road 4 miles until it ends. This road is gently graded and only climbs 1000 feet. Occasional glimpses of the peak will be visible through the trees but mostly it is just a nice walk through the woods with no views. |
 The first part of the ridge looks like this |
When the road ends, continue east through the woods and shortly you will encounter a steep 200 foot climb to the top of the north ridge of A-1 which is reached in another .15 miles.
Once the terrain levels off, turn south along the ridge. The first 2 miles of this ridge is gently sloped, forested, and is fairly wide. Mostly, it won't be obvious you are even on a ridge. You will gain another 1000 feet in this section. |
 The start of the narrow section |
Finally the ridge narrows and steepens and you go over a series of small bumps for the next half mile with views on either side. |
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To the right is the north ridge of Kletting (12055). |
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To the left is Lamotte (12720). |
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You need to be careful not to step too close to the east side in this section since there are some large overhanging cornices there. |
| | After the last small bump it is a steady 1500 foot climb in .9 miles to the summit. |
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Heading back down |
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more stuffsection 4 stufffjaskl Michael about half way through the ridge
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