Scott Dwyer was coaxed into joining us and drove all the way from Colorado Springs, CO.  Matt Powell, Jim's coworker also joined up. Peter, Matt and Jim met up in Salt Lake City on Thursday, August 4th. From there our destination was Evanston, WY, the closest real town to the Henry's Fork trailhead. Interestingly, you need to drive into Wyoming to access the trailhead for Utah's high point. Scott met us in Evanston and we left for the trailhead early Friday morning. Our trip was such a short one, that we had no weather-delay days built in. So it had to go off without a hitch.

  Henry's Fork trailhead sits at approximately 9400 ft. Our plan was to hike in 10 miles to the Henry's Fork basin and setup camp as close as possible to Anderson Pass. The normal route is to take Gunsight Pass and approach King's Peak from the east, but this approach can be shorted by several miles by taking a due south course straight up Anderson Pass, then directly onto the ridge of King's. (see map) The weather was beautiful, sun with clouds and a temp in the 70's. In a few miles we did experience some light hail, and that would be the extent of any precipitation during our trip. After about 5.5 hrs, we navigated our way through the various bogs in the basin and found a protected camping site just within the treeline, and 1/2 mile from the start of the real climbing.