On 25 Aug 07, Tracy and I headed up to the Uintas for a cross country hike to the top of East

Grandaddy Mountain (Google Map) above Grandaddy Basin of the Uinta Mountains.  This was a really

cool hike.  The entire hike was above treeline, so that made for some great views.  The entire mountain

was also covered with rocks...big rocks, little rocks...rocks were just everywhere.  So it was more rock

hopping than it was hiking.  And the mountain sides were almost vertical, making for some really sheer

drop offs.  We saw at least one herd of mountain goats, and that was our first herd of wild mountain

goats.  Then we made it to the top of the mountain above Grandaddy Basin, and that was just an

awesome view.  It was cool looking a couple of thousand feet down to the area we hiked in a lot last

summer.  Also, notice in the pictures how sheer the drop off was where my truck was parked...since we

were above tree line, I kept looking back at my truck thinking, "I hoped I put on the parking break."

This was a really nice hike.  And, again, we didn't see anybody out there all day.