I was up at 8 despite my best efforts to get more sleep. I was awake. After trying my pack on, I realized it wasn’t going to work for this trip, so I moved everything to my larger pack, and after a couple more delays I was on the road at 10. The weather…
Fall at Snowbasin
Saturday was the last day I could use my season pass at Snowbasin. It’s kind of sad that my summer’s now officially over. Bad weather’s here, and the trails are all muddy as of this morning, thanks to a nice little storm coming through. Tomorrow all the trails I rode this weekend will be…
Ben Lomond Peak via North Skyline Trail
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…
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…
Wheeler Canyon > Green Pond Trail
I guess after having made it as far up as I could go at SnowBasin, the only logical thing to do next was to start lower and try to get to the top, to do that you start at the Wheeler Canyon trailhead right next to the Pineview Reservoir dam. Wheeler Canyon is a wide…
SnowBasin — All the way to the top
After weeks & weeks of climbing the mountain I finally climbed all the way to the top. I wasn’t planning on going all the way, but once I saw the Needles lodge, I knew I’d be very disappointed if I didn’t get there. For this ride I took the Needles Trail from the parking lot…
SnowBasin — Green Pond/Last Chance Loops
Snowbasin is becoming a welcome retreat this summer with the heat that the valley’s have been having. The increased electric bill for keeping my place cool is proof enough of that. It’s totally worth the 30 minute drive up there (40 minutes if someone drives the canyon at 25 mph). I’ve been going up 3-4…
Powder Mountain Race Loop
This was my 2nd attempt to ride the race loop. The first time I forgot my GPS & the coordinates for the turnoffs from the double track to single track. I don’t know if they still use this trail for racing, but if they do, it doesn’t look like it’s been raced on lately. You…
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…
Snowbasin — Green Pond Loop / Needles
Well, I broke down and bought a summer season pass to Snowbasin. Not bad at $110. The gondola is only open Fri-Sun + different occasions, however, so you’re kind of limited to what you can do up there depending on the day. Green Pond Loop Trail: On my latest excursion I did the entire Green Pond…