Difficulty - Strenuous
Length - 5.5 miles one way - 3.5 hours
Elevation gain - 4,500'
Weather - 37 and breezy at 7am
So overgrown you can hear the water but can't see a creek.
Really lush and green for September.
2 miles in and the trail heads away from the creek and UP.
I met Tony and Margaret (both in their 70's) about 2.5 miles in.
Tony hikes everyday and catches this trail to Snowbasin
every weekend - the lift operators know him by name.
Amazing!
Very overgrown and steep. Branches constantly catching my
shirt, shoelaces. I should have wore pants instead of shorts. It's skinny and steep.
A trip here could be a disaster.
Finally I get above the brush.
The trail is much easier to follow but it's a steep climb.
Light breeze with temps hanging about 50.
Chilly but nice hiking weather.
Finally, Mt Ogden.
The final climbs a little sketchy.
Pineview reservoir with Powder Mountain in the background.
Whoever has the job to land a helicopter on this dime size helipad
has got to be crazy. Sheer drops on 3 sides with a large antenna on the other.
On the summit I met Matt, the only other person to make it
that morning. He convinced me to follow his group over to Snowbasin ski
resort and ride the gondola down (free going down but it' like $14 to ride up).
They shuttled a couple cars over last night for the return trip.
He thought it would be brutal to go back the way we came up.
No disagreement there.
You're supposed to climb up and follow the ridge. A couple of Matt's group
didn't summit and went the wrong way. Now they need to climb back up.
They didn't get up to the ridge but tried to traverse across.
They ended up making quite an adventurous detour.
The dog must be part billy goat.
She was calm the whole climb like
it was a walk in the park.
The trail over to Snowbasin.
A last look west at the Great Salt Lake before dropping
down into Snowbasin. You can see our trail up
just below center.
Snowbasin. This place is huge.
The near vertical east face of Mt Ogden from the gondola.
They actually let the dog ride down, against the rules. Otherwise it was
a 4 mile walk down to the parking lot.
They weren't as easy going with my hat.
They said it had to go or I could walk the 4 miles.
Man I loved that hat!
