I’ve hiked up the North Skyline Trail several times about 2 miles to the same point, even biked it once, but I’ve never made it to Ben Lomond via that route before, mainly because I didn’t want to hike 16 miles, but since I have a Grand Canyon backpacking trip coming up I figured…
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Willard Peak
With Willard Peak under my belt, I’ve now climbed 7 Utah county high points, and have 19 left. I took the dirt road that climbs up to Inspiration Point (it’s on Willard Mountain). The road had become much rougher since last year when I last went up there, but it was still very doable…
Ogden Peak
With a season pass in hand, getting to the top of Ogden Peak was never easier. Without a ride to the top, you’d need to go through an exhausting climb from the base of Snowbasin to the top, or for the ultrafit, you could climb it from the Ogden side all the way from…
Riverside/Crimson Trail – Logan Canyon
This trail starts in the Guinava Campground, and follows the Logan River West towards the Mill Hollow area, and reservoir, the upper one I believe. Then it climbs steeply up onto the mountainside until you’re hiking above the cliffs, where you’re almost at the same elevation as the Wind Caves directly across the canyon from…
Lewis Peak Take II
One of my friends wanted to do Lewis Peak, so I went again. All the snow was off the trails, and the wildflowers were starting to grow out of the ground where the snow once was. It was nice and windy, though not so strong that it was uncomfortable. I was feeling remarkably well…
Lewis Peak
Who could pass up a beautiful Saturday of hiking? Not I. I ditched my current project of rebuilding my master closet, and headed for Lewis Peak. It sits just South of where I live, so it was a whole 5 minute commute to the trailhead. This was my first time on the trail, and…
Bonneville Shoreline Trail Ogden 9th N > 12th St
This is a nice little stretch of trail that follows the Ogden-Brigham Canal for the most part. There’s a 250 ft elevation gain on the initial 1/2 mile climb on singletrack and then nice long stretches of flat road from there on out with occasional dips and climbs amounting to approximately 543 ft elevation climbed…
Indian Trail (22nd St to the shelter)
I did this over a week ago, but had the GPS elevation profile & map route to put up, so I wanted to post this before I completely forgot about it. The trail is well maintained, and well shaded for the last 2/3 of the trail. There’s nothing really remarkable about this trail. You hike…
Thurston Peak
Thurston Peak has been on my list for a long, long time. Since it was only a ridge hike I thought it would be easy enough to get over, bag it, and come back. Not so. I keep thinking that the snow should be gone by now, it is July, and we had an…
Ben Lomond Peak
Saturday was my first peak of the season. Originally I set out for Willard Peak, it’s Weber counties highest peak. The easiest way to get to the top is to go to the town of Mantua and climb a fairly decent, but bumpy road to the Willard Basin just below the peak. It took…