Reids Basin Rock Climbing

To get to Reid's Basin, park at the Lofty Lake trailhead which is just past the Mirror Lake turnoff on the left side of the road if you are coming from Kamas.  From the Lofty Lake trailhead, take the Weber River Trail west from the parking lot for about 1/3 mile until you come to a fork with a metal sign pointing directions and take the left fork (sorry, I forget what the metal sign said pointing that direction).  Follow this trail a bit further until you find a place that looks good leave the trail heading left towards Reid's peak.  Unfortunately there is no trail from this point so just choose the path of least resistance until you reach the talus field below the wall where you can pick your way up the talus field as best you can.  Total distance from the car to the wall is roughly 1 mile. 

Note: Please try to avoid disturbing the wildlife in the meadows. They're gorgeous but fragile ecosystems increasingly disturbed by the presence of humans. I regret routing my own approaches through these. There is significant cougar and bear pressure on the deer and elk that live up here, and the herd seems to get smaller every year. If you're a hunter reading this thinking "sweet an elk spot" I would recommend hiking up from smith & moorehouse because you'll encounter a bigger more established herd down lower in the canyon. The small group that feeds in these meadows struggles every year. I've bow hunted them successfully in the past, but I wouldn't do it anymore. The one or two barely legal bulls in the herd each year are very small, and highly pressured. The elk much further down the canyon receive comparably little pressure, are more mature, and less wary.