Mtnman1830
11-15-2007, 05:41 AM
Myself and a buddy took off to bag the highest peak in Wasatch County.
After dropping the kids off at school, we met at a park and ride in Mountain Green. It had rained the day before in the Ogden area, and we were hoping for some snow to play in.
We made good time, with a bit of clouds near Evanston. When we made it to the Mirror Lake Highway, the skies were blue and the snow was, well, almost there.
http://a167.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_27304069b532d8778ee0005d0556e66e.jpg
Being mid November, it is evident that something is going on. As a kid I remember snow on the ground on Halloween - Here we are over 10,000' and the snow is this sparse? Could it be Global Warming, or we still coming out of an ice age?
Anyway, back on track. We parked near milepost 28. From this turnout, the peak is 1.3 miles away. We did end up using snowshoes for the first part, but gave up on it before too long.
http://a735.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/61/l_59665687c98d6e476cd5d20d99d92cd6.jpg
When you are about 1/2 mile into the hike, you hit the talus field. I was glad we had a bit of snow to make travel easier, but every now and then we would break thru the snow and end up in a hole up to our knee. (Going was slow thru there, we didn't want to twist a knee. We both said we would leave the other)
http://a143.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/l_b43257bec746a3283091db5913e37866.jpg
http://a566.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_092b3cdef896f6cac00899020177e4c5.jpg
Anyway, we made it to the peak with out a problem and easily found the geocaches that are on top. We hiked back down to the truck, making good time (the snow was melting pretty fast, too) and found a few caches on the way home and made it in time to get the kids from school.
http://a605.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_ca5a6431edcc65fc03a98916197c338c.jpg
After dropping the kids off at school, we met at a park and ride in Mountain Green. It had rained the day before in the Ogden area, and we were hoping for some snow to play in.
We made good time, with a bit of clouds near Evanston. When we made it to the Mirror Lake Highway, the skies were blue and the snow was, well, almost there.
http://a167.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_27304069b532d8778ee0005d0556e66e.jpg
Being mid November, it is evident that something is going on. As a kid I remember snow on the ground on Halloween - Here we are over 10,000' and the snow is this sparse? Could it be Global Warming, or we still coming out of an ice age?
Anyway, back on track. We parked near milepost 28. From this turnout, the peak is 1.3 miles away. We did end up using snowshoes for the first part, but gave up on it before too long.
http://a735.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/61/l_59665687c98d6e476cd5d20d99d92cd6.jpg
When you are about 1/2 mile into the hike, you hit the talus field. I was glad we had a bit of snow to make travel easier, but every now and then we would break thru the snow and end up in a hole up to our knee. (Going was slow thru there, we didn't want to twist a knee. We both said we would leave the other)
http://a143.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/l_b43257bec746a3283091db5913e37866.jpg
http://a566.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_092b3cdef896f6cac00899020177e4c5.jpg
Anyway, we made it to the peak with out a problem and easily found the geocaches that are on top. We hiked back down to the truck, making good time (the snow was melting pretty fast, too) and found a few caches on the way home and made it in time to get the kids from school.
http://a605.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_ca5a6431edcc65fc03a98916197c338c.jpg