“A picture is a poem without words” Horace Went on the first snow shoeing trek of the year with my wife yesterday. I had always heard the tales of how the miners back in the 1800’s would make a day trip over the passes from Alta in Little [...]
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Following an old mining trail -Treking in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Sunday, November 27th, 2011MOUNT EVERGREEN and SILVER LAKE – Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Silver Lake – Big Cottonwood Canyon – Wasatch Mountains, Utah “Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same” Ralph Waldo Emerson As the nights become cooler and the sun sets a bit earlier each day an amazing transformation occurs along the benches and in the mountains of Utah. The Gamble [...]
A trail ride in the mountains with Uinta Recreation – Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Monday, September 26th, 2011Had one of the best outdoor experiences ever the other weekend when my family and I traveled up to Heber,Utah to go for an ATV ride. We don’t have ATVs so I looked around on the internet and came across the Uinta Recreation website and I was impressed with the presentation there so I [...]
Cardiac Peak -10,263 feet – A nice August stroll in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Friday, August 12th, 2011Area above “Hells Gate” on the trail to Cardiac Peak – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Went for a hike into the Wasatch Mountains above Alta. Started from the town hall parking lot and made our way up to Cardiff Pass at over 9,800 feet. Then we climbed up the broken red rock to the top of [...]
Mount Wolverine – Short intense hike in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011View of Wasatch above Albion Basin – Along Wolverine Route; Wasatch Mtns, Utah The route up to the summit of 10,795 foot Mount Wolverine in the WasatchMountains of Utah is probably the most rewarding hike you can do for the distance involved. State Highway 210 climbs up Little Cottonwood Canyon about 15 miles south of [...]
Sunset Peak – One of the most accessible 10,000 footers in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Tuesday, August 9th, 201110,645 foot Sunset Peak – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Sunset Peak sits atop the headwall of three canyons in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah – Little Cottonwood, Snake Creek and Big Cottonwood Canyons. It is accessed either from the Brighton Ski Resort area via the 3.5 mile “Lake Mary” trail or from Little Cottonwood Canyon’s Albion [...]
Old Stock Pond – Pole Canyon; Oquirrh Mountains of Utah
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Un expected old stock pond – Pole Canyon – Oquirrh Mountains, Utah Went for a hike of about 5 miles the other day up what we thought was a dry canyon – Pole Canyon to be exact on the west slope of the northern Oquirrh Mountains. It was a pretty day in early June and [...]
Bluebell – A favorite flower found in Stansbury Mountains of Tooele County, Utah
Sunday, March 27th, 2011“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” Henry David Thoreau Blue Bells are common in the Rocky mountains of Utah and the great basin of Utah Whenever I go out hiking in the mountains I always [...]
Red Pine Lake & The Little Matterhorn – Little Cottonwood Canyon; Wasatch Mountains, Utah – by Jaromy Jessop
Saturday, March 26th, 2011Red Pine Lake – Little Cottonwood Canyon; Wasatch Mountains, Utah As Spring and Summer approach, even though there is still 400 inches of snowpack on the Wasatch, I start to plan my summer excursions. We usually go out once a week and without a doubt, several of those weekends will be spent in the high [...]
My Summer Paradise………..The La-Sal Mountains of Utah; by Jaromy Jessop
Friday, March 18th, 2011South Mountain, La Sal Mountains – Utah I’m looking forward to Summer this year because that is when we make our annual pilgrimage to Moab. Most people know of Moab for the red rock color country of Arches and Canyonlands National Park. Others are drawn there for the world class white water rafting. My favorite [...]
SNOW SHOE ADVENTURE – Mill D North Fork – Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Winter sun filters through the pines – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Went snow shoeing the other day up Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah to a place called Mill D North Fork. This trailhead is very popular in the summer time as it provides access to the long trail network known as the [...]