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I have always wanted to do this hike and never got around to it. Has anyone done it? It's really just a one-day deal. You can load up the camelback and hit the trail. It is so close to the Salt Lake Valley, I really need to hit it. I have heard that the views on top are amazing. Here are a few links with some pictures:
Pictures: http://utahpictures.com/LonePeak.html
Description: http://www.utahwild.com/mountains/wa...one_peak.shtml
I've hiked on that mountain on about seven different trips. Three times with the entention of climbing the summit. I've been thwarted every time. This is one of the hardest day-hikes in the Wasatch. The fastest routes are from the west side but offer few backpacking spots. The route up Bell's Canyon has great camping, but the aproach to the summit is burtal. From the Alpine side the route from the second Hemagog was ok until the road was closed and now you have to start lower and hike around the privite property.
Shane Burrows has one of the better sites around about the mountain seeing how he lives at the base of it:
http://www.climb-utah.com/WM/lonepeak.htm
JBW
I'd really like to do it too. A couple of years back I had the high goal of climbing the four major peaks along the Wasatch front, but only got as far as Grandeur Peak. :sad:
Maybe this summer...
What are the "Four major ones?" Nebo, Timp, Lone, and Twin would be my guess, but there are a bunch of peaks up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockgremlin
Anyhow, I did Lone Peak last summer. My favorite wasatch peak. We took the Jacob's Ladder trail which is the shortest and most popular. It is only about 6 miles to the top from the bottom, but the first 3 are brutally steep, dusty, and ugly. Start early and bring at least a gallon of water a piece or be prepared to drink stream water near the top. 4 out of 6 of us that started made it to the summit. The last part of the hike is amazing but can be scary if you're not used to scrambling (4th class) around big cliffs. The summit is breath taking and the views are the best to be had in the Wasatch. I'll be back this year! If you can figure out the right 4x4 track you can cut off about a mile at the first but there are a lot of them up there. Good luck!
Along the Wasatch (in Salt Lake Valley) the 4 biggies are: Lone, Twin, Olympus, and Grandeur. In Utah county I'm not sure what the highest ones would be - Timp, Nebo, ... ?