Uinta Bliss

U is for Uinta Mountains, formed from an uplift of the Uinta Mountain formation about 50 million years ago. The mountain range's name came from the Utes, a Native American people who have inhabited parts of Utah and eastern Colorado for centuries.

In summer, the wildflowers are ubiquitous -- and in a wet year, the mosquitoes are, too!

A view of this unusual east-west oriented mountain range gives me the utmost joy and an uplifting feeling. Heading uphill into the High Uintas is utopia.

Upstream on the Uinta River, a guy develops an unquenchable desire to wet a fly and is upbeat about catching trout.
These mountains are sometimes unkind to the unwary and unwise. Many of the trails are unmarked, and the weather can change in an hour. The deep woods and rocky terrain can be unbelievably unforgiving. Unprepared or unfit adventurers may suffer unfortunate and ugly consequences.

But if treated with utmost respect, the Uintas provide an urban escapee with unequivocal pleasure.

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This post was a top contender for David Mcmahon's Post of the Day.