Chrissy just finished an epic adventure, completing the 98-mile Unita Highline trail. According to Chrissy, she “saw moose, elk, deer, a mountain goat, pack goats, sheep, marmots, picas, an osprey, a grouse and more.” Along the way, she “learned to read weather, faint signs of human travel (the most we could make of the trail for a lot of the way), judge distances to passes and peaks, and how to listen to my body to keep it up for the task.” She “summited King’s Peak, the highest point in Utah, soaked up scenery that brought me to tears, witnessed the milky way and shooting stars on a moonless ink black sky, and best of all created beautiful bonds with some beautiful humans.”
Here are some of her photos (not in chronological order):
Halloween photo
Wildflowers
Moose in Reader Lake
Painter’s Basin
Chrissy crossing a stream on logs
End of trip celebratory chips
Leidy Pass
Chrissy, backpack and hiking poles
Panorama scene at Dead Horse Pass
Chrissy at Rocky Sea Pass
Rocky Seas pass- our last pass!
Sunset at Lake Uinta
Pond reflecting the clouds
Dead Horse pass
Dead Horse pass
End of trip hugs
Goat wandering into our camp at 6 AM
A Mexican feast on our second to last night
Chrissy in her one-person tent
Wildflowers at Dead Horse Lake
Filtering water in an idyllic stream
Campsite at Lambert Meadows
Porcupine Pass
Kristen and Chrissy hiking
Typical non-existent trail
King’s summit
Swimming at Dead Horse
Next day’s pass (Dead Horse) in the background
King’s Peak approach
Rocky Sea Pass
Trying out my broken glasses repaired with duct tape
Dead Horse Pass