US191 Little Mtn area s(u) by Bicycle - Velo

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US191 Little Mountain area s(u)

The first time I rode the US191 traverse along Little Mountain, I was under the impression I was skirting the Uinta Mountains. This mountain did not seem little to me at all. But actually the Uinta ridgeline is far away from here. These are outlying plateaus that have been left over by the Green River and its tributaries. If you follow US191 like the profile below this is pretty obvious, because you can see the Uinta ridgeline. But I was on a gravel ride up from Clay Basin Rd and continued north, and on that option the Uintas remain a hidden mystery.

In summary - compared the the snow covered Unita main ridge, this mountain is little, but really notable for its stark and bare scenery that becomes ever more so as US191 heads north.

01.START-END SOUTH:US191 crosses Flaming Gorge Dam
02.US191 Flaming Gorge(sh)-1
03.jct US191 - Spring Creek Rd to lake
04.jct US191 - CR33 Flaming Gorge Loop Rd
05.US191 Little Mtn area s(u)
06.jct US191 - Clay Basin Rd
07.jct US191 - Ramsey Creek Rd, as well as Gooseberry Creek Rd
08.US191 Ramsey Peak area s(u)
09.jct US191 - Sage Creek Rd
10.US191 - Firehole Canyon Rd(sh)
11.jct US191 - Little Firehole Canyon Rd
12.START-END NORTH:US191 crosses railroad tracks, immediatel south of jct with I80.

Approaches

From South. US191 reaches a kind of low point near the Spring Creek access road to Flaming Gorge shore points. The road climbs into juniper forest with ever improving views of the Uinta range behind. Along the way there is also a short downhill. This coincides with a jct to a gravel road, that is the key to circuitous connections to ride up Little Mountain itself, not just traversing along it, like US191 will do on the other side.

From North. (described downwards) The Uintas disappear and the traverse above a semi dessert basin begins. While taveling northwards, the exposed rock strata and wedge shaped mountains appear austere and stark. But if traveling southwards, they already seem more richer in form and comforting, compared to the wind blown slanted plains with their snow barriers and geometrical valleys north of here. A short descent with nary a tree in sight leads to the next summit under Ramsey Peak.

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Dayride with this point as highest summit

COMPLETELY PAVED:

( < Little Mtn Rd - unn tr(sh)-1 | US191 - Sage Creek Rd(sh) > )

US191 Little Mtns(u) x2 , US191 Ramsey Peak s(u) x2 : a short distance down Spring Creek Rd from its jct with US191 <> Spring Creek Rd east <> US191 north <> US191 Little Mtn s(u) x2 <> US191 Ramsey Peak s(u) x2 << turnaround point jct US191 - lower Sage Creek Rd : 67.8miles with 5290ft of climbing in 6:16hrs (garmin etrex32x r7:25.0516).
Notes: the coldest ride sofar since I left 3 weeks ago. Of course it was very windy. Contains a short distance of unpaved approach to US191.