To the High Uintas! Our 3rd Annual Father & Sons & Son Camping Trip. Fathers Day #uintas #camping

Published 2024-06-19
Snowball fights in June! It was a Happy Father's Day with my boys & grandson camping in the Uintas!

The Mirror Lake Highway was finally open and the roads were plowed. There were still some high elevation campgrounds that were still closed but we were able to make it to Crystal Lake Trailhead that was finally open.
With limited availability of camp grounds in the high elevation areas we ended up in Yellow Pine Campground. We stayed at site number 7 with a perfect spot for my Kodiak tent. We had lots of fun exploring, roasting marshmallows around the fire, hiking, playing in the snow, & fishing too.
The scenery was awesome and the fun we all had together made it a real memory maker of a trip!

Enjoy!

Music used in the video.
None, just the sounds of nature and lots of laughter!

Some of the gear highlighted in the video

Overnight Oats - DeliciOats
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The Rob Roy hiking pant - Nebu
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Daypack - Waymark, Dark Sky 18L
Backpack- Gregory, Baltoro 75
Drink- Coca-Cola Company, Coke Zero
Satellite Communicator- Garmin, inReach Explorer+
First Aide Kit- Custom, Various medical items including emergency foil sleeping bag & blanket
Camera- Samsung, Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G Cell Phone (4K, 60FPS video setting)
Tent- Big Agnes, Copper Spur UL3 (with tent specific ground tarp)
Sleeping Pad- Nemo Tensor Alpine
Sleeping Bag- Nemo, Disco 15
Pillow- Wilderness Technology, Compact Inflatable Pillow
Pillow- Klymit Luxe Pillow
Water Purification- Sawyer Squeeze Filter
Water Filtration Bags- CNOC 3L Clean & Dirty Bags (for use with Sawyer Gravity System)
Backup Water Purification- Coleman Neutralization Tables
Fire Starting Kit- Custom, Bic lighter, matches, Fire Stick, flint & steel, & magnesium bar
Pot- GSI Outdoors, 1.8L Halulite Boiler
Fry Pan- GSI Outdoors, Pinnacle Frypan
Spoon- Toaks, Titanium Long Handle Spoon
Turner- GSI Outdoors, Pack Spatula
Stove- MSR, Pocket Rocket 2
Backup Stove- BRS, Ultralight Burner
Stove Windscreen- Ohuhu, Camp Stove Windscreen
Water Bottle- Camelbak, 1L Bottle
Multi-tool- Leatherman, Skeletool
Head Lamp- Coast, FL72 405 Lumen Focusing LED
Shovel- The Duece #2 UL Trowel (Plus disposable wet-wipes)
Battery Bank- Qi, 30000mAh Solar Charger-Wireless Charger + Cables
Solar Charger- BigBlue, 28W Foldable Portable Solar Charger + Cables
Chair- Helinox, Chair One Original (Optional luxury item)
Padded Seat- Therm-a-rest, Z-Seat (Used for kneeling too)
Insect Repellent- Sawyer, Picaridin Lotion
Cooling Towel- Wilderness Technology, Microfiber Cooling Towel
Rain Gear- Cabelas, Rainy River Packable Jacket & Packable Pants
Coat- REI, Co-op 650 Down Packable Jacket
Hiking Shoes- Keen, Targhee III Low Rise Hiking Shoe
Socks- Darn Tough, ¼ Cushion Merino Wool Socks
Pants- Marmot, Transcend Convertible Pants/Shorts
Shorts- Columbia, Blood & Guts III Cargo Shorts
Base Layer- REI, Co-op Merino Midweight Crew Top
Shirt- Russell Athletic, Dri-Power Performance Tee (Polyester-Spandex Blend)

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All Comments (21)
  • @StacySalmans
    What a great Father's Day! Awesome tradition with the boys. Pinecone boats, fire building lessons, and smores. McCoy's giggles are awesome.
  • It is so nice you all come together and enjoy camping in this beautiful place ❤
  • What a great time up in the Uintas!! The fishing was great and all that time with family is always a good time! Thanks for sharing again!
  • @DroningVeteran
    Call me old school but when I get up in the mountains my radio does not exist. There is nothing that beats the sound of Mother Nature in her prime. If you really want to clear out your sinus use tabasco sauce instead of water to heat up those cookies LOL. Shhhhhh it's a secret so don't let that get out LOL. Some great memories were made on this trip. Thanks so much for sharing.
  • @trvlnthru
    What an epic family camping trip! Fishing, building a fire, and snowball fights in summer all sounds like a great time. I had no idea there were cookies that you could cook by boiling them in a bag like that. That is pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing this trip with us!
  • Nice tradition, great camp. Nice being able to be outdoors with family. Nice place. Thank you for sharing and wishing you all a great upcoming weekend
  • @wendingourway
    There's some men making some pretty great memories for sure! Some pretty awesome times!!
  • Simple pleasures, my friend. What an awesome trip. McCoy is going to be quite the woodsman as he grows up. Hope you had a great Fathers, Day, Steve.
  • Hello from Naples, Florida. Very nice!! Some nice memories made here. Thanks for sharing the amazing views with us, have a nice week 👍 💯 ❤
  • @IvorsTravels
    That trip looks a whole lot of fun. Plenty to enjoy for you all. We really do envy the opportunities that young people have today. Shame a lot don`t appreciate what they have. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
  • @waikarimoana
    Awesome family gathering and good to be with the family and enjoy the day.Awesome footage Steve, enjoy the weekend and greetings from Down Under,, Tony.
  • @AlanMETALMAN
    Good to get out with your sons and grandson again and great camping spot too. That's one tradition from the US that has not made it over the pond but it gets a bit thumbs up from me. Good bonding time and good leaning time too, just as well it was the camera that fell over and not the breakfast. Nice that you left it as you found it but surprised there ware still patches of snow still about in the summer. Great place to fish, that lake looked awesome but dam shame you could not land a fish, still - good times! Cheers Alan
  • @FollowThomas
    Awesome Father's Day camping trip. This becoming a tradition now. I went out on Father's Day hiking with my boys too but camping is an even better idea.
  • @JimHayesHiking
    Truly enjoyed this one and let me just say it doesn't get any better than is! About time to get the young one out on some trails. Awesome video!
  • @paddle_hike
    Precious moments and memories. Awesome time! Great camp (Noise pollution's always a possible issue). Thanks for sharing this great trip my friend. Take care
  • Awesome! The Uintas are HIGH on our list to visit. They look amazing. Beautiful views! It's so nice you could go with your family. It's sad that people have to be loud with music at those campgrounds. Your tent was really nice and big! Homestyle chicken and rice is one of our favorite Peak Refuel meals, too! ❤ We love that fire and roasting those marshmallows. Your marshmallow did look perfect! So fun! We had a lots of pollen on our truck, too, last weekend at our campsite. The fishing looked fun, too! Great video! 🔥⛺️