Heber City is the site of many Nordic events. The rather clueless person is joined by his rather clueless mate as they don backpacks and hit the trail. The area is generally above 8,000 feet and reaches a height of over 13,000 at Utah's highest summit, King Mountain. The mountains in the Uinta's were created by uplifted sedimentary rock created eons ago in the great inland sea that covered much of the west. These mountains have eroded over time and are just a small fraction of their original height.
Lunch stop at a place where a lake has filled in with sediment and has become a grassy meadow.
We used a tarp and not a tent as we set up night camp. As the weather was generally dry, we had no real test of the tarp in rain. Mountains in the background are not climbed by hikers due to their loose rock surface and lack of trails. Climbers, too, would find the rocks unsuited due to their crumbly nature. Trails varied from smooth to stoney to very rocky.