Flaming Gorge

Flaming Gorge Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Utah and was created in 1958 by damming the Green River. The reservoir is located in a deep sandstone canyon with walls that rise up to 1400 feet above the water.

Flaming Gorge Dam.

Flaming Gorge reservoir is surrounded by high red sandstone walls.

We camped at Pine Forrest RV park which was very nice and close to all the major Flaming Gorge activities.

Hiking/running on the Red Canyon Rim trail, which is about 5 miles. The first part of the trail follows the canyon rim more than 1000 feet above the reservoir.

There are lots of great vistas from the Canyon Rim trail.

Sunset picture from one of the Rim Trail lookouts.

We rented a pontoon boat and ventured about 12 miles up the reservoir into Wyoming.

The start of the Uinta Highline Trail near Flaming Gorge. The Highline Trail a 104-mile trail that follows the crest of the Uinta Range in Northeastern Utah from McKee Draw west to the Mirror Lakes Highway. It takes you through some of Northern Utah’s most beautiful mountain terrain and highest peaks. Most of the trail is above treeline between 11,000 and 12,000 feet. We ran the first few miles to see what it was like.

The start of the Highline Trail climbs about 1200 feet up a very rocky trail.

At mile 3.5 you come upon “Big Park” at 9000 feet. It is a beautiful grassy area with cows grazing. The first 25 miles of the Highline Trail are a mixture of Forrests and meadows, after which, the next 80 miles cross 8 mountain passes and travel through mostly high-alpine terrain.

We ran the 7 mile Little Hole Trail which starts at Flaming Gorge Dam and continues 7 miles along the Green River to Little Hole.

Lots of platforms.

Beautiful river vistas everywhere,

As we got closer to Little Hole the trail basically disappeared in the brush. Too much Poison Ivy forced us to turn around about a mile before Little Hole.

The Little Hole dam begins and ends at Flaming Gorge Dam.