The Lake Regions of the Uintahs

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The Lake Regions of the Uintahs

H. Cardwell Clegg, of Provo, has favored the Improvement Era with a series of nine portraits of scenes in the summits of the Uintahs, one of the marvelous Utah mountain ranges, said to be in all likelihood the only range running east and west, in this country. Mr. Clegg and his company made a recent trip on snow shoes to the summits about which hundreds of large and smaller lakes are located. He reports that the snow fall is above normal and well-packed. During the week of April 3 to 8 nearly two feet additional fell, and he says that the reservoirs were cov- ered with ten feet of snow on the ice. The summer scenery in this wonderland is best described by the United States Geo- logical Survey "The scenery of this elevated region is singularly wild and picturesque, both in form and coloring. In the higher portions of the range where the forest growth is extremely scanty the effect is that of desolate grandeur but in the lower basin-like val- ;

leys, which support a heavy growth of coniferous trees, the view

of one of these mountain lakes with its deep green water and fringe of meadow land, set in the sombre frame of pine forests, the whole enclosed by high walls of reddish purple rock whose bedding gives almost the appearance of a pile of Cyclopean ma- sonry, forms a picture of rare beauty." Mr. Clegg" states that in quiet contrast and more beautiful are the winter views at the summits of our Uintah mountains. It should be added that in this region are a thousand marvel- ous, freshwater lakes which serve as reservoirs among the great peaks whose shadows rise the Provo, the Weber and the in

Bear, whose waters, after mysterious meandering amidst the hills and valleys, empty themselves into our no less wonderful salt In- land sea. Within a stone's throw of these, other rivers have their source, whose crystal waters make their way through dreary deserts, unapproachable box canyons, and colored cliffs, to the Colorado, and thence through the Grand Canyon to the Pacific Ocean.

SCENES IN THE UINTAHS — HEADWATERS OF THE PROVO RIVER (Top) Meadows between Trial lake and Wall lake. Traveling on skis, April 6, 1916. (Center) Three miles above Soap Stone. The mode of travel is on skis. The man carries provisions, blankets and arms. (Bottom) Wall lake in summer. Photos loaned by H. Cardwell Clegg, Frovo, Utah.

SCENES IN THE UINTAHS — HEADWATERS OF THE PROVO RIVER (Top) Trial lake in the foreground. Mt. Bald in the background and at the right, Reid's peak at the left. (Center) Summer scene at Trial lake cabin. (Bottom) Trial lake cabin under the mound of snow at the left. The snow gage is under the feet of the man entirely covered. The average depth of snow in this region is ten to twelve feet. Photos loaned by H. Cardwell Clegg, Provo, Utah.

SCENES IN THE UINTAHS — HEADWATERS OF THE PROVO RIVER (Top) Washington lake dam as photographed April 6, 1916. (Center) Lake Washington in the foregronud with Mt. Watson in the back- ground looking over Washington lake dam. The average depth of snow is twelve feet. (Bottom The lake region on an April day. Photos loaned by H. Caldwell Clegg, Provo, Utah.