At the invitation of one of Joel’s photographer friends, we drove about two hours NE of our house to the Mirror Lake Campground. The campground is accessed from the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway through the High Uinta Wilderness. The Uinta Range is the highest in Utah, and is the only major range in the contiguous United States with an east-west orientation. Elevations range from 8,000 ft. in the lower canyons to 13, 528 ft. atop Kings Peak – the highest point in Utah, which Joel and I both climbed in 2009.

We were only there for an overnight visit but managed to get some early morning photography and hiking in before we journeyed home. Joel and Kevin took some sunrise shots while I hiked around the lake and then we all went up the road for a short hike to Kamas Lake. Although we were there less than 24 hours, it was sure nice to be in temperatures about 50 degrees cooler than our house!