Uinta Triangle
Episodes
Dead Horse Pass, 1923
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Robinson took his final photographs at the base of Dead Horse Pass on the Uinta Highline Trail. The name "Dead Horse" is literal: the rocks below...
Objective Hazards
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every step in the backcountry brings risk. Some risks can be anticipated, avoided or mitigated. Others are inherent to the experience of adventuring o...
Bones in the Backcountry
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cases of missing people are sometimes solved by the random discovery of bones in the backcountry. Hunters and hikers stumble across human remains in t...
Groundskeeper Eric
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Robinson's disappearance left a void in the lives of the people who loved him, most notably his wife, Marilyn Koolstra. Uinta Triangle host Dave ...
Lost Boy
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A 3-year-old boy wanders away from camp in the Uinta Mountains, leading to a panicked search. Uinta Triangle host Dave Cawley covered the case of Benj...
Ute Words
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The word "Uinta" is foreign to many people, but not to native speakers of the Ute language. Larry Cesspooch, a member of the Ute Indian Tribe of the U...
The Disappearance of Lynn Simmons
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Late in the summer of 1940, a government surveyor named Lynn Simmons vanished near Lamotte Peak in the High Uintas. Crowds of searchers scoured the mo...
Why We Hike
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Isn't it dangerous to hike solo? News reporter Shara Park questions Uinta Triangle host Dave Cawley about the risks and rewards of heading into the ba...
Sounds of the Wild
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Field recordings of nature sounds are woven through the Eric Robinson story in the Uinta Triangle podcast. In this bonus episode, podcast producer Jen...
Listen Now: Stolen Voices of Dole Valley
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to share a new podcast from Lemonada Media: Stolen Voices of Dole Valley, a nine-part series about survival, injustice, and the fi...
Robinson’s Rest
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 9 -- Marilyn Koolstra embarks on an unexpected pilgrimage to the place where her husband, Eric Robinson, lost his life in the Uinta Mountains....
A Picture’s Worth
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 8 -- Eric Robinson took 77 photographs on his last hike. Those images, recovered with Eric’s remains in 2016, tell the story of what he ...
Ruby
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 7 -- Marilyn Koolstra returns home to Australia without any answers about what happened to her missing husband, Eric Robinson. As months turn ...
Dead Reckoning
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 6 -- The last glimmers of hope fade as the search for Eric Robinson enters its final stage. The Duchesne County sheriff, running out of time a...
Business Casual of the Backcountry
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 5 -- As news coverage of the search for Eric Robinson spreads, a Boy Scout leader tells of spotting Eric far off the Uinta Highline Trail. Thi...
No Trace
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 4 -- The wife of missing trekker Eric Robinson flies halfway around the world, from Australia to Utah, in search of her husband. A rural sheri...
The Tyranny of Distance
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 3 -- Eric Robinson doesn’t show up at the end of the Uinta Highline Trail. Eric’s friend reports him missing, kicking off a search...
Aspiring
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 2 -- Eric Robinson forges a new friendship on the John Muir Trail, while an old friendship frays under stresses of the trail. From the High Si...
Overdue
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 1 -- Eric Robinson wanted to hike the world’s greatest trails. He was happiest when spending weeks in the wild, and he often went out al...
What Happened to Eric Robinson?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Aussie who loves hiking solo goes missing in the rugged mountains of the American West. Dave Cawley, the investigator behind the podcast COLD, head...