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So @TractorDoc has been training for an August trip down into the Thorofare, and he has been posting some of his training hikes here, and basically putting the old Scatman to shame. He's been loading his pack with 50 lbs., heading off with the wife, and finishing up with some fancy ice cream. Oh and least I forget, he's had snapping turtles and vintage diesel locomotives in his reports. How am I supposed to keep up with that? I mean having a snapper in your report is like having a wolverine or a cougar in my book. And he also takes some damn fine pictures too. @Rockskipper, please let the Doc know that the Thorofare is relatively flat. ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
So in a effort to keep up with him, old Scat is going to have to bring out the heavy guns and hike some of the bigger daddies in the Wasatch I guess.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I was scheduled to give blood again on June the 10th, but since I was heading to the Wyoming Range with @Bob on the 26th and didn't want to die, I delayed giving until Saturday, July 1st. So heading into this hike I was a pint low so to speak, and I could tell right off the bat that this was going to be a struggle. I persevered though, and while I didn't set any records doing so, I made it to the summit to enjoy a lot of butterflies and ladybugs.
2023 has been an incredible year for wildflowers, and this hike was no exception. From start to finish it was wildflower paradise.
Katie and I took the Bowman Fork Route on this one, which means a long approach to Raymond. Roundtrip distance was about 10.5 miles,and it took us a good nine hours to complete. This included a long lunch up top to enjoy the wonderful 360 views.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122749-ed7ce969b920ac1b1f6ade4fba7d683d.jpg)
Gearing up at the Sube at 6:41 AM
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122750-45821643592e9fdd84db1fe517210c5d.jpg)
Early morning light on Grandeur, viewed from the Millcreek Road
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122751-40e445947b94641d7cef01fd0107c12d.jpg)
Thimbleberry
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122752-26e6a633c00ff4c9d9a510a073eed039.jpg)
White geranium
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122753-c6fb4860e089bf96a09f6afc4d1911a8.jpg)
Common ninebark
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122754-8c77e4049ba4f27391c0a4359cb10a31.jpg)
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Columbine
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122757-4e44897f94202d8225ef1d8d47f425fc.jpg)
Send the cavalry @Rockskipper. I'm really to old for this anymore.![Moses :moses: :moses:](/addedsmilies/moses.gif)
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122758-58349b3dbe628281119fdee98da28c48.jpg)
Lupine
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122759-289d16315f5fd0321245193a17cfb4ce.jpg)
Wild roses
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122760-55c864bccda3cc336a103029e422a721.jpg)
Pink geraniums
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122761-df480629cd498fab43a31564e0306335.jpg)
Common yarrow
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122762-4357cf4d8cda260a022bd9b0e6314ff0.jpg)
Caterpillar
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122763-a9f082a6ba8211b71eb93eca28a991c2.jpg)
Paintbrush
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122764-306a7a49a300a51634236e3696c8e772.jpg)
Skyrocket
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122765-8cd3a9e7fc88b44359e62c2c3a0596c6.jpg)
More geraniums
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122766-44b628ef5f90c491e891ef12fbcca792.jpg)
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122767-f7d74ce65daf544ec2d6982e07d0bd70.jpg)
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122768-9c98b31eaf41a6c985200867679e2fef.jpg)
American vetch
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122769-dbb275bb0d3d435bf8eb14ce3c467847.jpg)
Clematis
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122770-a6381db7097082299e5b57f12f1bc896.jpg)
Groundsel
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122771-71300db412f22a4074238d5f4cb69206.jpg)
Bluebells
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122772-a0a7071ba08ab89ac91ca962ab1ee1b3.jpg)
Fungi of some sort
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122773-12e24a0ef0e9fb4874fc77d1d9df7253.jpg)
Pretty walk through the aspen
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122774-31d88873c6bcb32a2d9c3a977ba80c54.jpg)
Mount Raymond
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122781-b5554419e5f7b598beb2b05440765589.jpg)
Ladybug
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122782-3edf3824bc440bacc394344010730302.jpg)
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122783-720cfbc79f4d0734122f62d4131f2e57.jpg)
More aspen
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122784-6a5b80335e5db775ae3c455371cf2002.jpg)
View back at Grandeur Peak, with Frary Peak in the far, hazy distance
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122785-5f1b14b793032dbb0d1e3d65ef625968.jpg)
Larkspur
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122786-278bbf0da6b4fb242d53c4c987f98b67.jpg)
Western wallflower
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122787-9733077ef5e8c1a0b234b11ffe505249.jpg)
Baker Spring, which I would take advantage of on our way back down as it was a hot day
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122788-57ab5e374926da405bc37374b0793439.jpg)
Mount Raymond - working our way up to Baker Pass
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122789-793b10864363c021c58fbfa482b2adba.jpg)
Mount Raymond
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122790-974ab152d16fca8f186379f8d07db0b1.jpg)
Ground squirrel
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122791-08fc07a345f4bb98336a09926ff05b79.jpg)
Paintbrush
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122792-fbf75bcf4880d442178b602aec4a07fe.jpg)
A look down Porter's Fork
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122793-d878feca4ec9e452ec460cca3d263484.jpg)
A little bit of snow here and there to deal with
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122794-a2c1680c6488261fbc8cd3cb9329e1c0.jpg)
Clematis
![39b.jpg 39b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122795-c5bf66923a8db5a4357aa149c2dd8963.jpg)
View of Raymond from Baker Pass
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122796-f4f7a320d5d050ffdfbfed2f1b84fc39.jpg)
A group of ultra marathoners who were discussing the Crazy Mountain 100 in Montana, all while I was thinking to myself the Crazy
Raymond 10.5
The guy pictured without a shirt said he is planning on beating the course record.
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122797-6302ec95205dace1631234d4873e7967.jpg)
Skyrocket that has bleached to white
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122798-cdd2f0df112de1aadea84476124fbd10.jpg)
Wildflowers on the saddle
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122799-f41d0921e1d67c2203626108e51e8c00.jpg)
Wasatch beardtongue
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122800-47c7f2ae219917eb323fd89b540dbd5b.jpg)
Katie, making her way up Raymond with Gobblers Knob above and to the east
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122801-b945acc6885a04738666cb60cdc45045.jpg)
Monument plant
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122802-6a95cc50c00608df41584377c34c6c1f.jpg)
Could use that extra pint of blood about now.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122803-44101512df0cfb27859b719c314722d9.jpg)
The scramble section begins
![48.jpg 48.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122804-8aedc31ed0a0ea20a56f0dbf6b6880c3.jpg)
So let's scramble
![49.jpg 49.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122805-9a560a8c9c68fcc240d902b343cb9265.jpg)
Katie's turn
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122806-be41a5d776e8140f48800a96b1166994.jpg)
I ran into a rattlesnake just about here once
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122807-bdb3f2da5a9d5e04e6294c10943aa54c.jpg)
Slow going for me
![52.jpg 52.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122808-b2a0473129f81a0b63d922082478a633.jpg)
The summit comes back into view
![53.jpg 53.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122809-e6185b9ecb70cf382b55654c90da9531.jpg)
A painted lady, just below the summit
![54.jpg 54.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122810-0daf4407e7e4a262a4bae81fc9da9da1.jpg)
Nuttall's linanthus
Views from the summit:
![55.jpg 55.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122811-8c536f4ff76f3dff5b23f285519ceb57.jpg)
Wildcat ridge - looking west
![56.jpg 56.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122812-d4774f1918cef5960cd8186275d24ce2.jpg)
Knife's edge the protrude south from the summit
![57.jpg 57.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122813-1caf18515e835125888f2027508de294.jpg)
View to the south (L-R) Dromedary, Sunrise and Broads Fork Twin Peaks on the Cottonwood Ridge
![58.jpg 58.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122814-7749395ecf638abcc712fbe0787c7b0a.jpg)
View slightly to the northeast with Mount Aire on the Millcreek Ridge
![59.jpg 59.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122815-7d4b2a012f5d303c82b646cb75a03001.jpg)
Benchmark on Raymond
![60.jpg 60.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122816-72533450a3994b3a36ef989b55bcc926.jpg)
View to the east and Gobbler's Knob
![61.jpg 61.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122817-0158ed5afbfdd38f6b9011074de385e9.jpg)
Ladybug. There were a lot of these on the summit
![62.jpg 62.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122818-fc03c6d9a310bf4a1ee82d0d57954cde.jpg)
View towards Mount Superior on the Cottonwood Ridge
![63.jpg 63.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122819-b5bd5b12ae30a44dfcc01df3354ddd45.jpg)
Summit shot
![64.jpg 64.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122820-6407641d5fc561d2a42956b44d7af817.jpg)
Figuring out the way back down
![65.jpg 65.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122821-e2c751398b6925ce8b18b4a751e39797.jpg)
Easier going up I think.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![67.jpg 67.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122822-bd621906fbc82ab170c5873f36865c7b.jpg)
View towards the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon
![68.jpg 68.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122823-8cdedcd03e2b695a92a308593c239e12.jpg)
Back through the aspen
![69.jpg 69.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122824-21468a97fcc4500302be3f3e90210eaf.jpg)
Back at the official trailhead which is located in the Terraces Picnic Area
![70.jpg 70.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122825-ea4e1395443de047fe956efe71c56cfd.jpg)
Back at the Subaru
After our hike, we headed down to Liberty Park in Salt Lake for the Food Truck Faceoff for dinner. There were maybe 20 -25 food trucks participating in the faceoff with monies going to charity.
![71.jpg 71.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122826-ac1217a8a5840248a03bccf06b992b18.jpg)
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![72.jpg 72.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122828-6b14503d8352238de1ffe4f926d161a7.jpg)
I got the pulled pork nachos from Salt City Barbeque
![73.jpg 73.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122829-16688059a900b74b2fe679725cb67734.jpg)
Katie got a Navaho taco
![74.jpg 74.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122830-ce7606b547ceabdb83ed73290d1dcc46.jpg)
Delicious!
![75.jpg 75.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122831-a1f400b2c76a0c141420b32604f2e16e.jpg)
Then it was time for a milkshake from Iceberg
![76.jpg 76.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122832-70af857d33b29f4d39f9948ed2f14efa.jpg)
An Oreo shake to be exact
![74b.jpg 74b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122833-ccb6acbfcf50dc0e310ed5da7a78e9e4.jpg)
Listened to some bands for a couple of hours while we enjoyed our food.
![77.jpg 77.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122834-5f737456e0939e7daae9ea18c19a6bff.jpg)
And then today, it was time to finish staining my upper deck.
The End.
So in a effort to keep up with him, old Scat is going to have to bring out the heavy guns and hike some of the bigger daddies in the Wasatch I guess.
I was scheduled to give blood again on June the 10th, but since I was heading to the Wyoming Range with @Bob on the 26th and didn't want to die, I delayed giving until Saturday, July 1st. So heading into this hike I was a pint low so to speak, and I could tell right off the bat that this was going to be a struggle. I persevered though, and while I didn't set any records doing so, I made it to the summit to enjoy a lot of butterflies and ladybugs.
2023 has been an incredible year for wildflowers, and this hike was no exception. From start to finish it was wildflower paradise.
Katie and I took the Bowman Fork Route on this one, which means a long approach to Raymond. Roundtrip distance was about 10.5 miles,and it took us a good nine hours to complete. This included a long lunch up top to enjoy the wonderful 360 views.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122749-ed7ce969b920ac1b1f6ade4fba7d683d.jpg)
Gearing up at the Sube at 6:41 AM
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122750-45821643592e9fdd84db1fe517210c5d.jpg)
Early morning light on Grandeur, viewed from the Millcreek Road
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122751-40e445947b94641d7cef01fd0107c12d.jpg)
Thimbleberry
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122752-26e6a633c00ff4c9d9a510a073eed039.jpg)
White geranium
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122753-c6fb4860e089bf96a09f6afc4d1911a8.jpg)
Common ninebark
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122754-8c77e4049ba4f27391c0a4359cb10a31.jpg)
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122755-c51b4391856c4d36a089dfa7a5d413e2.jpg)
![07b.jpg 07b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122756-417585d741120451be26e775af6b9a26.jpg)
Columbine
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122757-4e44897f94202d8225ef1d8d47f425fc.jpg)
Send the cavalry @Rockskipper. I'm really to old for this anymore.
![Moses :moses: :moses:](/addedsmilies/moses.gif)
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122758-58349b3dbe628281119fdee98da28c48.jpg)
Lupine
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122759-289d16315f5fd0321245193a17cfb4ce.jpg)
Wild roses
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122760-55c864bccda3cc336a103029e422a721.jpg)
Pink geraniums
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122761-df480629cd498fab43a31564e0306335.jpg)
Common yarrow
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122762-4357cf4d8cda260a022bd9b0e6314ff0.jpg)
Caterpillar
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122763-a9f082a6ba8211b71eb93eca28a991c2.jpg)
Paintbrush
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122764-306a7a49a300a51634236e3696c8e772.jpg)
Skyrocket
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122765-8cd3a9e7fc88b44359e62c2c3a0596c6.jpg)
More geraniums
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122766-44b628ef5f90c491e891ef12fbcca792.jpg)
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122767-f7d74ce65daf544ec2d6982e07d0bd70.jpg)
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122768-9c98b31eaf41a6c985200867679e2fef.jpg)
American vetch
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122769-dbb275bb0d3d435bf8eb14ce3c467847.jpg)
Clematis
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122770-a6381db7097082299e5b57f12f1bc896.jpg)
Groundsel
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122771-71300db412f22a4074238d5f4cb69206.jpg)
Bluebells
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122772-a0a7071ba08ab89ac91ca962ab1ee1b3.jpg)
Fungi of some sort
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122773-12e24a0ef0e9fb4874fc77d1d9df7253.jpg)
Pretty walk through the aspen
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122774-31d88873c6bcb32a2d9c3a977ba80c54.jpg)
Mount Raymond
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122781-b5554419e5f7b598beb2b05440765589.jpg)
Ladybug
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122782-3edf3824bc440bacc394344010730302.jpg)
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122783-720cfbc79f4d0734122f62d4131f2e57.jpg)
More aspen
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122784-6a5b80335e5db775ae3c455371cf2002.jpg)
View back at Grandeur Peak, with Frary Peak in the far, hazy distance
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122785-5f1b14b793032dbb0d1e3d65ef625968.jpg)
Larkspur
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122786-278bbf0da6b4fb242d53c4c987f98b67.jpg)
Western wallflower
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122787-9733077ef5e8c1a0b234b11ffe505249.jpg)
Baker Spring, which I would take advantage of on our way back down as it was a hot day
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122788-57ab5e374926da405bc37374b0793439.jpg)
Mount Raymond - working our way up to Baker Pass
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122789-793b10864363c021c58fbfa482b2adba.jpg)
Mount Raymond
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122790-974ab152d16fca8f186379f8d07db0b1.jpg)
Ground squirrel
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122791-08fc07a345f4bb98336a09926ff05b79.jpg)
Paintbrush
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122792-fbf75bcf4880d442178b602aec4a07fe.jpg)
A look down Porter's Fork
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122793-d878feca4ec9e452ec460cca3d263484.jpg)
A little bit of snow here and there to deal with
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122794-a2c1680c6488261fbc8cd3cb9329e1c0.jpg)
Clematis
![39b.jpg 39b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/122/122795-c5bf66923a8db5a4357aa149c2dd8963.jpg)
View of Raymond from Baker Pass
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A group of ultra marathoners who were discussing the Crazy Mountain 100 in Montana, all while I was thinking to myself the Crazy
Raymond 10.5
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Skyrocket that has bleached to white
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Wildflowers on the saddle
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Wasatch beardtongue
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Katie, making her way up Raymond with Gobblers Knob above and to the east
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Monument plant
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Could use that extra pint of blood about now.
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The scramble section begins
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So let's scramble
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Katie's turn
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I ran into a rattlesnake just about here once
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Slow going for me
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The summit comes back into view
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A painted lady, just below the summit
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Nuttall's linanthus
Views from the summit:
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Wildcat ridge - looking west
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Knife's edge the protrude south from the summit
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View to the south (L-R) Dromedary, Sunrise and Broads Fork Twin Peaks on the Cottonwood Ridge
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View slightly to the northeast with Mount Aire on the Millcreek Ridge
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Benchmark on Raymond
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View to the east and Gobbler's Knob
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Ladybug. There were a lot of these on the summit
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View towards Mount Superior on the Cottonwood Ridge
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Summit shot
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Figuring out the way back down
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Easier going up I think.
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View towards the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon
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Back through the aspen
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Back at the official trailhead which is located in the Terraces Picnic Area
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Back at the Subaru
After our hike, we headed down to Liberty Park in Salt Lake for the Food Truck Faceoff for dinner. There were maybe 20 -25 food trucks participating in the faceoff with monies going to charity.
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I got the pulled pork nachos from Salt City Barbeque
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Katie got a Navaho taco
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Delicious!
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Then it was time for a milkshake from Iceberg
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An Oreo shake to be exact
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Listened to some bands for a couple of hours while we enjoyed our food.
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And then today, it was time to finish staining my upper deck.
The End.