Well the snow has finally receded and the road and trail have been put back together by the forest service. GREEN everywhere you look. Mosquitoes are healthy and abundant, and the fishing is good.
As part of our weekly “Meetup” hikes, http://www.meetup.com/Out-N-Back-Events/, we took a few new friends, some old ugly ones, and my boy Jesse on an overnight trip to the basin. We camped just off of Betsy lake, and then explored the trail on over to Mohawk lake. People were catching fish and the weather was perfect. Once the sun went down we had deer running all over the place and had a good time spotlighting them with our headlamps.
Grand Daddy basin is part of the southern high Uinta’s. It is accessed by traveling up to Francis, up past Woodland, on your way to Tabiona. You are looking for the Grand view basin trailhead and going towards Hades pass. The main trail to Grand Daddy lake is about 4 miles in with an elevation gain of about 1000 feet. A great day hike or overnighter. Once into the basin there are numerous lakes and trails that will keep you entertained for a few days. You can even keep going and intersect with the highline trail and either end up on the mirror lake highway or in Vernal.
