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Back in 2020, I attempted this same hike the last weekend of May. Unfortunately for me, a late spring storm rolled in and not being prepared for foul weather, the ensuing snow storm drove me off the ridgeline, with Grandview in sight. So since I didn't make it up to the Teton Wilderness this past weekend, I decided to give this another go.
The hike essentially follows the north ridgeline of City Creek Canyon with Grandview Peak, located at the head of the Canyon, and is a little over 23 miles in length with a lot of up and down along the ridge. With a long day in mind, I left the Ensign Peak Trailhead at 5:10 in the morning, and I finished up at 8:58 at night, so a 15 hour and 48 minute day. Fortunately for me, the weather was gorgeous and the fall colors were in full swing along the entire route.
The sun angle for this hike wasn't very good as I was hiking into the sun for most of the route, so I took a lot of pictures looking back from where I'd come from.
I took three cameras with me on this hike, and they were:
- Canon EOS 6D Mark II
- Canon PowerShot SX150
- Canon PowerShot SD780 IS
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125863-4022dbc12d18f1acb9148ab7ea6a132b.jpg)
The silhouette of Ensign Peak with the monument on top
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125864-ae2582540df181c35e6be0441d86ea0a.jpg)
Salt Lake City lights
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Starting to get a little lighter, with lights of North Salt Lake below, with airplanes (four) descending into the Salt Lake Airport
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125867-7e7acbdad6273acee03c971d03bbd8e9.jpg)
Two lights up City Creek Canyon, one I know is the water treatment plant, but I'm not sure where the other one is
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Looking back on the Wasatch Front at dawn
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Camera is compensating for the low light by this point, with the south ridge of City Creek Canyon in view
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125869-4a53db659234a3bcf74c33019236719f.jpg)
Trail conditions at the beginning
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Fall colors were peaking for the maples and aspen along the way. I wanted to stop and
take pictures of all of them, but I couldn't if I expected to make my goal
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125871-635ebc5f2a403e7caa7045ea486238a9.jpg)
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125872-dc0669137f5979857617dd85ad06c48c.jpg)
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Fall colors
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Looking down Barneys Hollow
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125877-fc0e4203c654844bde90ae46ea9a2de2.jpg)
First light on Broads Fork Twin Peaks and Lone Peak
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125878-30621455280ad1dc80f0a654aafafff1.jpg)
The Dude Benchmark ahead
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Pretty
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Looking down the north ridge of City Creek towards the Oquirrh Mountains on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125881-3a2ba4ef8ea687b530c171f56b645b1a.jpg)
Map for hunters
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125882-67e6f409ed68206d6a3a2b763f91373c.jpg)
Zoomed in on the Avenues Twin Peaks across the canyon
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125883-930569d336fff83e5e36162e8d6f29e3.jpg)
The sunlight is about to catch up to me
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It caught me.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125885-26efe9da2aba951e9314f536aa7fd4a5.jpg)
The Dude Benchmark
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125886-68e916c00b2bf163d9e498e6f1570a28.jpg)
View to the east from the Dude Benchmark. I'll be following the ridge. Grandview Peak can't be seen at this point
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125887-edded12c7a6bc384e47c6c398d7dd587.jpg)
Looking back west, coming off the Dude Benchmark
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125888-4a5f4395de1cbd2280d58a79b65f0877.jpg)
One of the ridges that plunges down into City Creek
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125889-a83db0ed4fdebfdf818d8e7a46615960.jpg)
Looking back at the hill located to the east of Dude
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125890-23c46ad05cb74a493d5d94ff160e4284.jpg)
More looking back to the west at another hill just descended
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View to the north towards Bountiful, Farmington and Francis Peak
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125892-2f0b32a71c61ef772d10e1ec6e0929c5.jpg)
Looking back at the hilly terrain
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Looking down North Canyon
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125894-d14ed925959110815abed7d57169a6f2.jpg)
Arriving at Rudy's Flat, more than halfway to Grandview
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125895-9ebafa8c7fe980c855ed74eabfce6122.jpg)
Firepit and benches at Rudy's
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125896-5cfe363fe8242697dc57b11102f4b468.jpg)
A tote goat hidden away. I'm guessing a bow hunter road it up. It was not there on my way back down.
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125897-1ac654099e964eec308b9e544e2215fb.jpg)
From Rudy's Flat, it is a steep climb to the top of the ridgeline where Grandview is located
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125898-d8bef2ce948223d7e1c7733c08b7c23e.jpg)
More fall colors above
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125899-b7d0dd6de13c6b8cd28137ac4fba4631.jpg)
Elderberries
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125900-89bc716d1fc3ea7dc69dc9d912fbad06.jpg)
More berries - red elderberries?
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Antelope Island in the distance
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125902-f69d7ea6d151f8f65f2b7e367a4598de.jpg)
Francis Peak
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125903-35c410bbf1ecb92fb369a2321dc324f5.jpg)
Selfie![Scatman :scatman: :scatman:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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A tree is in the way, but this shot is looking down Mill Creek towards Mueller Park
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Not up top yet
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125906-93d2680afa27dde7b060c45b561b842e.jpg)
Starting to get into the aspen
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125907-7247ff2f990e931a902de79b219ffde3.jpg)
The Sessions Mountains to the north
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Some lingering snow on the north slopes. I filled one of my water bottles with some.
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125909-de02f94df4f063c215549f4213debbd4.jpg)
On top of the ridge that leads to Grandview. This is as far as I got back in 2020 before the storm ran my back down the ridge. Still
a ways to go.
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125910-a96eaba579358599d37d3d12d856f38e.jpg)
Zoomed in on the air traffic control towers on Francis Peak to the north
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125911-44aebae15a8f7137f7c5eee149596850.jpg)
A controlled burn in Parleys Canyon
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More aspen
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A stand of aspen on Black Mountain Ridge
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125914-6525a2be907836d926830a4d58277a57.jpg)
Grandview ahead, I think I might just make it
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125915-6ca98b14f111c142402389d5e1c032bf.jpg)
Getting closer
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Grandview Peak
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Last climb ahead
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View down Cottonwood Gulch from the summit of Grandview
![55.jpg 55.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125919-24f2f5f0c40ead349b42cd7ada8df597.jpg)
View over to Lookout Peak from the summit of Grandview
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Summit shot
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This lady was kind enough to take my picture on top. She told me that she had hiked in from the Big Mountain Trailhead and that
she had run in the Wasatch Back race a couple of times. She was the only person I saw on this hike until I got back close to the
Ensign Peak Trailhead, where people were hiking up to Ensign with their headlamps.
![56c.jpg 56c.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125922-e45a341ee32e312d8fec831ee31ac176.jpg)
So I shared my Tony's Chocolonely with her.
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Time to head back down
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Aspen below at the head of Mill Creek
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Another view of the Sessions Mountains
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One of the few clouds on this day
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Heading back to Rudy's Flat
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More maples
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Back at Rudy's Flat with a long Scatman shadow. I had a feeling that I'd be hiking out in the dark
![66.jpg 66.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125932-cd1e4dfd7de569621b1fc2ce6b3e71f4.jpg)
Looking back up towards Burro Peak
![67.jpg 67.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125933-8c2c77e69264137e281e334572b5ff41.jpg)
Not another hill! My legs were getting pretty tired by this point
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Looking back to the east again
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The Dude Benchmark casting its shadow on the hill to the east that I just came down
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Black Mountain Ridge on the south side of City Creek Canyon
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Coming off of the Dude Benchmark
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The sun going down over the Great Salt Lake
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View to the south of Utah State Capital and State Street extending south though the
valley.
I got home around 9:20 PM exhausted, and went to heat up a frozen Rico's black bean and cheese burrito in the microwave because I was starving. Normally I punch a few holes in the burrito so that it doesn't explode and put black beans all over the microwave. On my third attempt to put a hole in the burrito, the steak knife glanced off the burrito and into the webbing of my left hand between my thumb and pointer finger. Well, this meant a trip to the emergency room to get stitched up, so I never got to eat the burrito. I will have it as soon as I finish this report.
So be careful out there! ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The End.
The hike essentially follows the north ridgeline of City Creek Canyon with Grandview Peak, located at the head of the Canyon, and is a little over 23 miles in length with a lot of up and down along the ridge. With a long day in mind, I left the Ensign Peak Trailhead at 5:10 in the morning, and I finished up at 8:58 at night, so a 15 hour and 48 minute day. Fortunately for me, the weather was gorgeous and the fall colors were in full swing along the entire route.
The sun angle for this hike wasn't very good as I was hiking into the sun for most of the route, so I took a lot of pictures looking back from where I'd come from.
I took three cameras with me on this hike, and they were:
- Canon EOS 6D Mark II
- Canon PowerShot SX150
- Canon PowerShot SD780 IS
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125863-4022dbc12d18f1acb9148ab7ea6a132b.jpg)
The silhouette of Ensign Peak with the monument on top
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125864-ae2582540df181c35e6be0441d86ea0a.jpg)
Salt Lake City lights
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125865-6d467f6c6a8db30ae8230b446b343cbf.jpg)
Starting to get a little lighter, with lights of North Salt Lake below, with airplanes (four) descending into the Salt Lake Airport
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125867-7e7acbdad6273acee03c971d03bbd8e9.jpg)
Two lights up City Creek Canyon, one I know is the water treatment plant, but I'm not sure where the other one is
![03b.jpg 03b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125866-c9ddf4028b5188230084151291b05c94.jpg)
Looking back on the Wasatch Front at dawn
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125868-04f5690e1ecc8d1323d3f6643d7b8436.jpg)
Camera is compensating for the low light by this point, with the south ridge of City Creek Canyon in view
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125869-4a53db659234a3bcf74c33019236719f.jpg)
Trail conditions at the beginning
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125870-d3670b8d84da0540070208449b110478.jpg)
Fall colors were peaking for the maples and aspen along the way. I wanted to stop and
take pictures of all of them, but I couldn't if I expected to make my goal
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125871-635ebc5f2a403e7caa7045ea486238a9.jpg)
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Fall colors
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125876-06e72e6f7ed46d37165871ddd1804b86.jpg)
Looking down Barneys Hollow
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First light on Broads Fork Twin Peaks and Lone Peak
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The Dude Benchmark ahead
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Pretty
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Looking down the north ridge of City Creek towards the Oquirrh Mountains on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125881-3a2ba4ef8ea687b530c171f56b645b1a.jpg)
Map for hunters
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Zoomed in on the Avenues Twin Peaks across the canyon
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125883-930569d336fff83e5e36162e8d6f29e3.jpg)
The sunlight is about to catch up to me
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It caught me.
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The Dude Benchmark
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View to the east from the Dude Benchmark. I'll be following the ridge. Grandview Peak can't be seen at this point
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125887-edded12c7a6bc384e47c6c398d7dd587.jpg)
Looking back west, coming off the Dude Benchmark
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125888-4a5f4395de1cbd2280d58a79b65f0877.jpg)
One of the ridges that plunges down into City Creek
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125889-a83db0ed4fdebfdf818d8e7a46615960.jpg)
Looking back at the hill located to the east of Dude
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125890-23c46ad05cb74a493d5d94ff160e4284.jpg)
More looking back to the west at another hill just descended
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125891-a6f3210515e31c76b5ec4a2febe28e35.jpg)
View to the north towards Bountiful, Farmington and Francis Peak
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125892-2f0b32a71c61ef772d10e1ec6e0929c5.jpg)
Looking back at the hilly terrain
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125893-7b8678c3d5ff5204593b34b676d4078d.jpg)
Looking down North Canyon
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125894-d14ed925959110815abed7d57169a6f2.jpg)
Arriving at Rudy's Flat, more than halfway to Grandview
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125895-9ebafa8c7fe980c855ed74eabfce6122.jpg)
Firepit and benches at Rudy's
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125896-5cfe363fe8242697dc57b11102f4b468.jpg)
A tote goat hidden away. I'm guessing a bow hunter road it up. It was not there on my way back down.
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125897-1ac654099e964eec308b9e544e2215fb.jpg)
From Rudy's Flat, it is a steep climb to the top of the ridgeline where Grandview is located
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125898-d8bef2ce948223d7e1c7733c08b7c23e.jpg)
More fall colors above
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125899-b7d0dd6de13c6b8cd28137ac4fba4631.jpg)
Elderberries
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/125/125900-89bc716d1fc3ea7dc69dc9d912fbad06.jpg)
More berries - red elderberries?
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Antelope Island in the distance
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Francis Peak
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Selfie
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A tree is in the way, but this shot is looking down Mill Creek towards Mueller Park
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Not up top yet
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Starting to get into the aspen
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The Sessions Mountains to the north
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Some lingering snow on the north slopes. I filled one of my water bottles with some.
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On top of the ridge that leads to Grandview. This is as far as I got back in 2020 before the storm ran my back down the ridge. Still
a ways to go.
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Zoomed in on the air traffic control towers on Francis Peak to the north
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A controlled burn in Parleys Canyon
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More aspen
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A stand of aspen on Black Mountain Ridge
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Grandview ahead, I think I might just make it
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Getting closer
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Grandview Peak
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Last climb ahead
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View down Cottonwood Gulch from the summit of Grandview
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View over to Lookout Peak from the summit of Grandview
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Summit shot
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This lady was kind enough to take my picture on top. She told me that she had hiked in from the Big Mountain Trailhead and that
she had run in the Wasatch Back race a couple of times. She was the only person I saw on this hike until I got back close to the
Ensign Peak Trailhead, where people were hiking up to Ensign with their headlamps.
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So I shared my Tony's Chocolonely with her.
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Time to head back down
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Aspen below at the head of Mill Creek
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Another view of the Sessions Mountains
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One of the few clouds on this day
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Heading back to Rudy's Flat
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More maples
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Back at Rudy's Flat with a long Scatman shadow. I had a feeling that I'd be hiking out in the dark
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Looking back up towards Burro Peak
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Not another hill! My legs were getting pretty tired by this point
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Looking back to the east again
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The Dude Benchmark casting its shadow on the hill to the east that I just came down
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Black Mountain Ridge on the south side of City Creek Canyon
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Coming off of the Dude Benchmark
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The sun going down over the Great Salt Lake
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View to the south of Utah State Capital and State Street extending south though the
valley.
I got home around 9:20 PM exhausted, and went to heat up a frozen Rico's black bean and cheese burrito in the microwave because I was starving. Normally I punch a few holes in the burrito so that it doesn't explode and put black beans all over the microwave. On my third attempt to put a hole in the burrito, the steak knife glanced off the burrito and into the webbing of my left hand between my thumb and pointer finger. Well, this meant a trip to the emergency room to get stitched up, so I never got to eat the burrito. I will have it as soon as I finish this report.
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The End.