Lake Blanche, Utah Overnight

[lightmimg]

Hey All,

I had my first hike and hang this week near Lake Blanche. Specifically 40.604537, -111.697477. It's a fairly steep hike up.

Panorama Canyon View
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Front
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Ridgeline - I ended up removing the shock cord and running the adjustable line through the net loops.
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Back
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Lake View
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Moose in the distance
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Successes

• First backpacking trip in a long while
• Didn't forget any necessary items
• Enjoyed some cool wildlife
• Improved pad positioning
• Lots of tarp tie out experimentation

Lessons Learned

• When you set up your tarp, or at least before you get in your hammock and optimize your pad positioning, ask yourself, "will the moon be shining right in my face?"
• Waterproof matches can also seem fireproof. Bring a lighter.
• A wide tarp setup is nice for walking under, but doesn't block wind.
• My tent footprint is an okay ground tarp, but I can find something smaller

Summary
Really fun and relaxing trip, looking forward to my next one.

[SWAT]

Beautiful looking country. I know what you mean about the fireproof matches. Looks like a real nice remote location. Thanks for sharing wit us.

[KSC]

Looks like a very pretty area to camp. I never seem to be happy with the way my tarp setup. I'm always experimenting.

Thanks for sharing.

[ofuros]

Good looking Hang'n hike...well done, lightmimg

[2eez4life]

Nice dude! Hit me up if you ever wanna "hang". I'm right in SLC as well.

[sloanie]

Nice! Been a number of years since I hiked to Lake Blanche, I only remember how rocky it was there-- glad to see you could hang up there! I'm new to hammock camping though, so this is good intel. Thanks for sharing!

[Bald Eagle]

Great to see we have some hammock hangers in the area. We just moved to Layton a few weeks ago, and I'm looking forward to getting out there into the trees. My son and I have done some cool hangs in Ohio, and also did the MAHHA hang a few years ago. Good times...