Who wants to go Hiking or MTB-ing

[xjblue]

I think Spring is finally here:eyes: and as promised on a thread last winter I'm posting this up. 2 hours of commuting with 8 hours of desk job in the middle every week day are killing me. Time to get back to doing more of the other things I enjoy and get in better shape for a backpacking trip towards the end of Summer and exploring more ruins in Southern Utah.

Hiking;
Tomorrow - Storm Mountain via Furgeson Canyon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/xjblue/93%20Cherokee/commute01.jpg
I know this is very short notice and some of you will be in Moab, but anyone interested in tagging along is welcome. I decided to do it this morning on the way to work. If you don't want to summit with me (9.9 miles round trip + 4,280ft) the lower canyon, a popular rock climbing area, is nice and cool and very inviting for a nice short hike.
http://www.photozo.com/album/data/4255/P5172864a.JPG
There is a decent overlook (3 miles round trip +1,600 ft) to shoot for as well if a moderate hike is up your alley. I hiked to the overlook a couple weeks ago.
To reach this iconic big cottenwood canyon false summit on the shoulder of Broads Fork Twin Peaks, well it is the stairmaster 4000, where much of the upper trail is narrow and overgrown. There is a short easy scramble at the top. I tend to hate this hike above the overlook but it kicks my rear in to shape. Bring a backpack w/ lunch, a jacket, sunscreen, camera, gators and/or waterproof boots in case of some lingering snow or for all the streem crossings lower down. I'll be hauling all my camera gear & trypod to shoot one of the waterfalls in the morning light on the way up. I'm planning on spending 6 hours and starting at 8AM.

directions and some guys photos
http://protophoto.com/subject.html?subject_id=443

PM me if interested.


Next Hike; Pfeifferhorn
http://www.climb-utah.com/WM/pfeifferhorn.htm
A personal favorite. I want to do this before all the upper level spring snow fields melt, Possibly on 6/14. Shorter options along the same trail include Maybird Gulch, Red Pin Lake, or the overlook of Little cottenwood canyon.

Mountain Biking
I would like to start riding Wed. and Fri. evenings after work on the trails around Heber and Park City around 6pm, though with the days getting longer some Salt Lake Valley trails or Meuller Park would be doable for 6:30 to 7:00 pm starts.


Post up if you have any interest. Please post up if/when any of you might have your own plans to hike or mountain bike this summer as well. Might as well throw in Backpacking too.

So far I know Stratton likes to bike, Tom likes to hike, and Bryon is in to backpacking...

I started out hiking the Wasatch Mountains occasionally with the scouts way back when. Got serious about it in 1990 and also started "real" Mountain Biking that year. One of the main reasons I purchase a Cherokee was to support these activities and expand them to other parts of the state more easily.

[SCW]

I might be up for some mtn biking, I'm riding my road bike about 8 miles a day for part of my commute now to get in shape (and save $$). I'll stretch that out to about 15 a day and be ready in a few weeks. I have been on the "bobsled" behind City Creek and a nice loop trail that I don't know the name in East Canyon, but other than that I've not done much biking around the Wasatch Front.

I'd also like to do a little hiking, but I think most of my hiking will be scouting for critters. I'm bow hunting for the first time this year.

Villes Caldera NM- did the trail on my cross bike, bad idea in retrospect-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1020685.jpg


Sangre De Cristo mountains, overlooking Sante Fe NM- 12,000ft (I got a headache at the top)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/104_0592.jpg

[JeeperG]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3426720

[MTNTECH]

Have to work tonight otherwise it sounds like a great hike, exactly what I need to get back into shape. If there is a good Wed after work hike let me know, I could drive up to Heber or PC. Let me know.

[xjblue]

Have to work tonight otherwise it sounds like a great hike, exactly what I need to get back into shape. If there is a good Wed after work hike let me know, I could drive up to Heber or PC. Let me know.

I could hike instead of bike Wed after work, Bell Canyon would be a good choice and close to you if you don't mind starting at 6:30 or 7:00. I Should be back to normal by then. Today was great, now for the recovery period.

[MoabXJeeper]

What time are you going to start on the Pfeiferhorn? I have been wanting to do that hike. Not 100% sure I'm gonna make it on the 14th but thinking about it.

[xjblue]

What time are you going to start on the Pfeiferhorn? I have been wanting to do that hike. Not 100% sure I'm gonna make it on the 14th but thinking about it.

Preferably by 9

[Gravesdiggerxj]

Jared you should come ride your bike down old ward canyon with me this week! it's a blast, they set up a competitive downhill race course last weekend and the trail is still up, (it's easy when you do it slow)

[MoabXJeeper]

Jared you should come ride your bike down old ward canyon with me this week! it's a blast, they set up a competitive downhill race course last weekend and the trail is still up, (it's easy when you do it slow)

Me and Josh were up there yesterday, kind of funny! Jared, I am bringing a friend and we will meet you to hike the Pfeifferhorn Saturday.

[xjblue]

Jared you should come ride your bike down old ward canyon with me this week! it's a blast, they set up a competitive downhill race course last weekend and the trail is still up, (it's easy when you do it slow)

Sounds like fun Stratton, will have to figure out when and remind me where Old Ward canyon is, (north ish from me somewhere IIRC):rof: :rof:

Me and Josh were up there yesterday, kind of funny! Jared, I am bringing a friend and we will meet you to hike the Pfeifferhorn Saturday.

Sounds good, want to meet at the trailhead? I'd suggest between 8 and 9 - but earlier the better. Looks like I need to go shopping for a new daypack!

A few pics from last years attempt
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/xjblue/Scenic%20Albums/redpine07_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/xjblue/Scenic%20Albums/redpine07.jpg
It was too late in the day to summit.

[WayneXJ]

:( I'm busy until noon on Saturday or else I'd like to come. When I was a little younger some friends and I hiked up Red Pine and camped on the ridge between it and American Fork canyon. The next day we hiked over the Pfeifferhorn and made our way down Bells Canyon.

[xjblue]

:( I'm busy until noon on Saturday or else I'd like to come. When I was a little younger some friends and I hiked up Red Pine and camped on the ridge between it and American Fork canyon. The next day we hiked over the Pfeifferhorn and made our way down Bells Canyon.

The Beatout Hike! That is a killer hike. Spent 12 hours one very long day doing that one, forgot my camera too so I might get talked in to a repeat someday but I'd seriously train for it next time.

[Gravesdiggerxj]

old ward canyon is up in bountiful it runs kinda parallel to skyline dr

[MoabXJeeper]

I'm planning to pick Kendall up by 7:00 and we will be at the trail head as close to 8:00 as possible. We dont need an ice axe and all that do we?

[xjblue]

I'm planning to pick Kendall up by 7:00 and we will be at the trail head as close to 8:00 as possible. We dont need an ice axe and all that do we?

They are nice to have for the ridgeline cornice, or for the approach to the ridgeline, or along the knife edge below the summit, but not neseccary. If you want to descend via Maybird Gulch I'd recommend one. The one place to fall and maybe hurt yourself bad by sliding out of control on this hike, the summit snow patch, but the snow usually melts off the rock rib along side the summit snow patch to the south wich is easy to scramble up, so you can normally avoid most of that anyway. I am planning on bringing mine.

Other than that, gore tex and gators will keep your feet dry, plastic bag or snow pants makes descending the ridge fast and fun work!

[MoabXJeeper]

We had a great hike Saturday. I was not comfortable climbing the steep snow covered slopes with no ice axe or crampons and quit 100 feet below the last ridge line before the Pfeifferhorn. Jared went to the summit of that ridge but didn't make the Pfeifferhorn either. My friend Kendall joined us and even though we were beat at the end of the day we saw some great scenery, had a fun hike, and learned a bit too. Thanks Jared!

[xjblue]

We had a great hike Saturday. I was not comfortable climbing the steep snow covered slopes with no ice axe or crampons and quit 100 feet below the last ridge line before the Pfeifferhorn. Jared went to the summit of that ridge but didn't make the Pfeifferhorn either. My friend Kendall joined us and even though we were beat at the end of the day we saw some great scenery, had a fun hike, and learned a bit too. Thanks Jared!


Your welcome and thanks for the good company! If you just had an iceaxe you would have been a lot more comfortable, especially on that one icy traverse, that would have been a great slope to practice self arrest techniques too! I hope I tried to encourage you enough without pushing too hard to get up that ridge! There was a lot more snow this time compared to last years pics.

[xjblue]

short notice MTB tonight if anyone is interested, Round Valley trail system just East side of Park City - 6:00 pm

http://www.basinrecreation.com/Trails/trails.html
green loops on the map!

[SCW]

I wish I had seen this before, I ended up going for a long ride through the city today.

Any plans for Saturday? Is there somewhere around that a guy can bike to a place to do some fishing? Near 100F this weekend is pretty hot, I wouldn't mind getting to some elevation.

[xjblue]

I wish I had seen this before, I ended up going for a long ride through the city today.

Any plans for Saturday? Is there somewhere around that a guy can bike to a place to do some fishing? Near 100F this weekend is pretty hot, I wouldn't mind getting to some elevation.

Sorry, couldn't post that till lunch. Decided on it as I drifted to sleep last night:speepin:
Great sets of single and double track up there perfect for my first ride this season. Rode North starting the Round Valley Loop, cut off to go up Somewhere Elks, then down Nowhere Elks, up over and down Backslide, back up to 70-101 to connect back to Round Valley Loop which I rode S.E. then S. looping back towards the beginning taking the Lower of a triple option split, then back the way I started. Smooth rolling single track, fun switchbacks, enough climbing to push the heart rate up but not kill me, and nothing very technical. Tons of wildflowers this year - Flox, Paintbrush, Larkspur, and Sweet Pea to name the ones I know. I forgot my gloves and the old Point n shoots battery was dead :(

My most recent plan for this saturday just cancelled as of last night, now undecided. I'm no good on knowledge of fishing holes either.

[WayneXJ]

I have Saturday the 28th open for some hiking if anyone wants to go.

[SCW]

I'm going biking this Saturday, either mountain biking or a nice road ride through the canyons. There is a 3-gun match that I wanted to attend but I just can't get excited about standing around 100F temps all day long.

If someone else is heading up let me know and I'll try to ride with you. I have an event going on untill about noon, so probably an afternoon ride.

[MoabXJeeper]

I'm doing a ride in Heber Saturday morning. It will be 50 miles and on a road bike. If anyone is interested I can get details for you.

[SCW]

I'm doing a ride in Heber Saturday morning. It will be 50 miles and on a road bike. If anyone is interested I can get details for you.

I'm interested. Is this a charity ride?

[MoabXJeeper]

I'm interested. Is this a charity ride?

Sorry I dropped the ball on this one. It was a Bonneville Bike Club ride that went all around Heber, Midway and Charleston. Nice ride but hot!

[SCW]

I went up near the Strawberry River and did some hiking (lots) and biking (little). I've posted a few fungi pics before, here are some from yesterday-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010909.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010914.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010925.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010915.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010916.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010922.jpg


'front' side-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010927.jpg

'back' side-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/P1010935.jpg

[xjblue]

I have Saturday the 28th open for some hiking if anyone wants to go.


Sounds Good, thinking about Lake Blanche & Sundial Peak but I'm open to other suggestions.
http://www.climb-utah.com/WM/blanche.htm

[WayneXJ]

Sounds Good, thinking about Lake Blanche & Sundial Peak but I'm open to other suggestions.
http://www.climb-utah.com/WM/blanche.htm

Cool, I havn't been up there in probably 12 years or more. After work today I hiked up to the lower Red Pine lake, I can't believe how much snow is still up there.

[xjblue]

Meet up at 8:00 am at the S Turn trailhead sound good Wayne?

[WayneXJ]

I'd like to take the family up to Forest Lake around 11:00-12:00 so I might need to start the hike earlier.

[xjblue]

Ok, name the time, I'll drag my carcass up there.

[SCW]

I rode my mountain bike to the top of Millcreek Canyon yesterday before work, very nice ride. The canyon opens to cars on Tuesday and I'd like to ride some of the trails at the top next week in the morning.

Anyone else interested? This time I'll drive to the top and ride for an hour or two, riding to the top is a lot of work to be followed up with another ride.

[xjblue]

Pfeifferhorn (second attempt) this saturday anyone?
http://www.climb-utah.com/WM/pfeifferhorn.htm

thinking about a 6:00 am start at the White Pine trailhead.

[Gravesdiggerxj]

I hiked Blanche Lake today, Sorry Jared I should have called you
I've hiked it before, but that was strenuous at 100* outside
it's only 2.8 miles up and 2.8 miles down, but it's 2,720 vertical feet and all loose rock
we left around 3pm spent about an hour at the top and were down by 6pm whew I'm tired...

Happy Pioneer Day!

[xjblue]

I hiked Blanche Lake today, Sorry Jared I should have called you
I've hiked it before, but that was strenuous at 100* outside
it's only 2.8 miles up and 2.8 miles down, but it's 2,720 vertical feet and all loose rock
we left around 3pm spent about an hour at the top and were down by 6pm whew I'm tired...

Happy Pioneer Day!

No worries Stratton, I wouldn't have been able to make it. Wayne and I finished that trail well before noon three weeks ago and it was just in the nick of time from being to hot, I can only imagine what this afternoon was like. I had forgotton how rocky that trail was.

[xjblue]

http://www.photozo.com/album/data/507/LakeBlanche01.jpg

[Gravesdiggerxj]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u277/gravesdiggerxj/July%2024th%202008/100_0362.jpg

snow is all melted now below that peak, water was still ice cold

I love how the glacier gouged the rock up there all in the same direction
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u277/gravesdiggerxj/July%2024th%202008/100_0372.jpg

[Jackal]

Pfeifferhorn (second attempt) this saturday anyone?
http://www.climb-utah.com/WM/pfeifferhorn.htm

thinking about a 6:00 am start at the White Pine trail head.

Jared, did you make the trip? I couldn't go Saturday, however did go Sunday (7/28/08) We left the trail head a little after 8:00 Am and summit ted the peak about 11:30Am. Did not take my camera, however some friends took these: http://picasaweb.google.com/jacklcurtis6

[xjblue]

No, didn't get enough sleep the night before. Thinking about Mt Timp this weekend though.

[Gravesdiggerxj]

I can't.... U4WDA thingy this weekend. constrictor... see you guys who are going afterwards

[WayneXJ]

I'll be mtn biking in Moab this weekend with some neighbors. :)

[Jackal]

No, didn't get enough sleep the night before. Thinking about Mt Timp this weekend though.

Jared

We will be leaving the Aspen Grove trail head for Mt Timp, tomorrow (8/3/08) at 7:00 AM. Let me know if you would like to join up. Thanks

[WayneXJ]

I'll be mtn biking in Moab this weekend with some neighbors. :)


Man what a long day. :) We started at Burro pass in the La Sals at 11,155 ft. and ended up at the bottom of Porcupine Rim by the Colorado river at 4,000 ft. It was 29.3 miles long with the temperature in the 100's.

[Jackal]

Jared

We will be leaving the Aspen Grove trail head for Mt Timp, tomorrow (8/3/08) at 7:00 AM. Let me know if you would like to join up. Thanks

Did not leave until 8:00 AM. Reached the summit about 12 noon. Round trip miles: 16, Elevation gain: 4,850 feet, Peak elevation: 11,751 feet. Second highest peak in the Wasatch Range next to Mt Nebo which is 11,928 feet. We slid down the snow field (some people call it a glacier) from the Mt Timp ridge to Emerald Lake. Saw 37 Mountain Goats on the return to Aspen Meadows. A few pictures can be viewed at: http://picasaweb.google.com/jacklcurtis6

[XJumpmaster]

Man what a long day. :) We started at Burro pass in the La Sals at 11,155 ft. and ended up at the bottom of Porcupine Rim by the Colorado river at 4,000 ft. It was 29.3 miles long with the temperature in the 100's.Having just bought a new cheapo mtn bike, I don't think my fat ass will be doing anything like that for quite a while!:pig: Just thinking about all those miles makes my butt sore! And that is with the gelly seat.:roll:

[WayneXJ]

Yeah I'm still feeling it, I didn't have a gel seat or padded shorts.

[xjblue]

Did not leave until 8:00 AM. Reached the summit about 12 noon. Round trip miles: 16, Elevation gain: 4,850 feet, Peak elevation: 11,751 feet. Second highest peak in the Wasatch Range next to Mt Nebo which is 11,928 feet. We slid down the snow field (some people call it a glacier) from the Mt Timp ridge to Emerald Lake. Saw 37 Mountain Goats on the return to Aspen Meadows. A few pictures can be viewed at: http://picasaweb.google.com/jacklcurtis6


Great hike Jack, I for some reason couldn't open the thread Friday night and didn't have enough motivation to go it alone. I'm glad my suggestions are getting you up the mountain though! How were the wildflowers around emerald lake? I'll probably try to do the hikes I've missed over the next couple Saturdays.

[commsys]

Looing for some recomendations on mountain biking in the Park City area. 14 of us are heading out from Il. later this week for 5 days of biking. Starting out in Gooseberry Mesa area, then endng up in Park Ciry Sat or sun. Rode a couple of trails in Park City last year, but any trail recomendaitons for this time of year would be appreciated.

[XJBANKER]

Deer Valley you can ride the lifts to the top and bike down, they used to have some really good trails there, but I have not been riding there for about 10 years.