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Journal
Chew Ranch, adjacent to Quarry Section Division National Monu-
ment, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft.
June 11-17 area and continued walking up close to the S. into BLM P-T
(Cort) dominited land. The walk was curtailed owing to weather.
I spent the afternoon and early evening huddled against the
foul weather in my tent.
Weather June 14: dawn was cloudy, humid, 60°F., with light
NW breeze. Skies cleared to partly cloudy from 0P:30-11:30, then
became solidly cloudy again. From 13:30-14:45, winds were
intermittently extremely high, associated & lightning & thunder
but little precipitation. At 14:10, these winds pulled up
off the ground three corners of my tent (pulling the stakes
from the ground) with my equipment and me inside, pivoting
the tent 145-145° degrees clockwise and dragging it while they
15 feet & the creek! The tent & contents suffered only minor
injury. Skies cleared to partly cloudy at 17:15. After 18:15
it was mostly clear, with winds edging entirely around sunset.
Temp 60° at sunrise, rising to 80°F around 11:45, falling to
about 65°F during thunder showers.
Crude maps of the area:
GREEN RIVER
NPS GREEN R.
CAMPGROUND X
CHEW
SPLIT MOUNTAIN
CUB CREEK
BLUE MOUNTAIN
overview map