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This is an administrative USFS guard station not available for public rental or camping. For cabin accommodations in the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, contact the Evanston Recreation Center at 307-789-1770 for yurt reservations.

Hydrologic Outlook issued October 8 at 3:13PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT

October 8th, 3:13 PM — 6:00 PM

ESFSLC The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel will merge with a fall-like storm system over the western United States, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall and a resulting threat of flooding. Widespread rainfall of 1 to 3 inches is expected, locally in excess of 3 inches, particularly across south aspects of southern Utah mountains, between late Saturday and Monday morning. Expect many area waterways including streams, rivers, normally dry washes, creeks, and slot canyons to have rising, fast flows by Sunday evening. Current forecasts do not bring any rivers to flood stage, but this will be monitored as the fine details of heavy rain bands become more confident. Those with activities near rivers, streams, creeks and recent burn scars should closely monitor the forecast over the next several days. Those with outdoor plans Sunday onward that include any travel near waterways across Utah should consider alternate plans. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain possible through at least Wednesday. While the rainfall rates with these additional rounds of precipitation will generally be lower, areas that receive significant precipitation during the weekend will be extra sensitive to any additional rainfall.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Weed Free Hay Order 04-2021-03

Prohibited by this order: Possessing, storing, or transporting non-pelletized hay, straw, or mulch in the Intermountain Region, unless it is certified as weed free by the state where the product originated.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Fireworks and Spark Arrestor Order 04-2021-01

Prohibited by this order: Possessing, discharging, or using any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device. 36 CFR §261.52(t)Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order as described…

About

Hewinta Guard Station is an administrative facility of the USFS Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, situated at approximately 9,505 feet elevation in Summit County, Utah, within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The station is located near the Bear River-Smiths Fork Trail corridor in the remote High Uintas backcountry. Historically, the main telephone line from Whitney Guard Station to Hewinta Guard Station followed the Bear River-Smiths Fork Trail route. Today the facility is used periodically by Forest Service field crews as a base camp for projects in the surrounding wilderness area, including fish population management work in the West Fork Smiths Fork drainage. This is an administrative guard station, not a public rental cabin. The property is not listed on Recreation.gov and is not available for overnight camping or cabin rental by the public. Visitors seeking cabin accommodations in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest should consider the Mirror Lake Guard Station, Payson Lakes Guard Station, or the district's yurt rentals at Bear Claw, East Fork, Lily Lake, Ridge, or Boundary Creek.

Directions

From Robertson, Wyoming, head south on State Highway 150 for approximately 20 miles. Turn left onto Forest Service Road 058 and continue for about 5 miles to reach the Hewinta Guard Station.

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