The West Fork of the Black Fork trailhead is located off the North Slope Road in the Uinta Mountains. To get there, head south out of Evanston, Wyoming on highway 150. Follow this about 30 miles to where the signed North Slope Road takes off on the left. This is at Mile Post 48.7. Reset your odometer as you turn onto the North Slope Road. This is also Forest Road 058.

Follow the forest road for 17 miles to a 4-way junction. Left goes to Lyman Lake and a small campground. Go right here, on Forest Road 063 and reset your odometer.

• 0.4 miles - Right
• 2.8 miles - Right
• 3.6 miles - Left
• 4.9 miles - Left
• 5.2 miles - Trailhead on the left, just before the river crossing.

To The First River Crossing (1.8 or 3.1 miles)
From the river crossing, follow the road as it goes south up the meadow. The road then wanders through the forest for 1.2 miles to a locked gate and the 4x4 trailhead.

At the gate, continue on the West Fork of the Blacks Fork trail, which follows an old road to the south and crosses a small stream quickly. The Smith Bear River trail crosses the Blacks Fork trail at the gate. The old road is overgrown in a few spots but makes for easy travel. 1.85 miles from the gate, the trail reaches the first major crossing of the West Fork of the Blacks Fork River.

To Buck Pasture (1.9 miles from the first crossing)
Just past the crossing, an old fence marks the end of the old road and the start of the old trailhead before the road was closed. Continue on the trail. It follows the meadow and soon enters the High Uintas Wilderness Area. Good camping begins from here on up.

The trail skirts the edge of the meadow in the trees to a fence about 1.9 miles from the first major crossing. The trail crosses the very marshy meadow and river here, offering views all the way to the ridges that surround Dead Horse Lake. Excellent camping opportunities abound here.

To Deadhorse Lake (about 6 miles from the fence and crossing)
The trail, now on the east side of the drainage, follows along the many big meadows. After about 5 miles, it passes near a small pond on the left. Several good campsites are available here, be sure to camp a minimum of 200' from any water source.

Continue on about a mile to the junction with the Highline Trail that branches left here to cross Red Knob Pass. Go right instead about 0.25 miles to Dead Horse Lake.

There are quite a few good camping sites around Dead Horse Lake. Be sure to make the short hike to Ejod Lake as well, it is very photogenic.