Uinta's East Fork of the Bear River Loop

Posted by JLarsen on May 4, 2006
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Dates: Jul 20, 2006 through Jul 22, 2006
City or Place: East Fork Bear River Trailhead
Skill Level: Intermediate
Categories: Hiking, Mountaineering
Partner Status: Will accept Partners

This will be a 3 day camping trip where the people going will have the chance to summit Mt. Beulah, The Cathedral, Yard Peak, Priord Peak, and LaMotte Peak. The tentative date is set for July 20-22. If this doesn't work for people who want to go PM or Email me.

This hike will consist of starting at the East Fork of the Bear River trail and splitting off to the Allsop trail (Left Hand Fork). From here we will find our way to the base of Mt. Beulah. We will drop our packs and head up the North Ridge route . After returning to the trail we will get our stuff and continue to a camping spot somewhere along the river between Beulah and Cathedral.

The next day we will leave up camp and head down the trail to summit The Cathedral via the Northeast Shoulder. After summiting we will return to the trail, and continue down past Allsop Lake and summit Yard Peak via the Northeast ridge. Once on the peak we plan to then traverse across the ridge, past the Ostler/Priord Pass, summit Priord Peak, then return to the pass and drop down to camp at Priord Lake.

The 3rd day we will pack up and run up LaMotte Peak (highpoint of the trip). We'll then hike out the Right Hand Fork back to the East Fork Bear River Trailhead, and find some grub.

I would like to give a special thanks to Scott Patterson for helping me with the planning of this trip, and of course to Scott Patterson and Joseph Bullough for writing up the mountain and route pages.

Any suggestions: PM or email me, or leave a comment.