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Little Mountain is one of the easier summits to reach in the Wasatch, but before today, I had never been to the summit. I had passed it on my way to and from Lookout Peak, and once when returning from Grandview, but just hadn't taken the little jaunt to the top on either of those hikes.
On a beautiful day, we had the summit and the Little Mountain Ridge all to ourselves.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106612-9fddb6eca71911bd04cd15c475196452.jpg)
View from near the trailhead, down Emigration Canyon
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106613-92b66099d4fa641c40d35372074b6fe6.jpg)
Little Dell Reservoir below
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106614-ef0bb1ea713a52df3fa6cdf1dced4006.jpg)
Moseying at its best
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106615-1014e4e7f270e5f35ae32871f0f0bf59.jpg)
Dale Peak to the west
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106616-77220674711f81062d3aeef8001589ef.jpg)
Lookout Peak to the north
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106617-23bf5f778ec52a722ac54d06aaa1ef08.jpg)
Grandeur Peak to the southwest
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106618-31fa3a246dd17d847c35d0322fc19bf4.jpg)
The little peak between the hills in the center of the image is the summit of Little Mountain
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106619-2575a9edd457f97ade722b09b98b75c5.jpg)
Another shot down Emigration, with Parley's Ridge on the left and the Mount Wire ridge on the right, and the Oquirrh Mountains
in the far distance.
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106620-4a515048dab3f52bc650a46cd16d3d28.jpg)
The Little Mountain Ridge in front of us after coming across the first big hill
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106621-6bb0077d7132731fb16857aab63a5c11.jpg)
Sheila, making her way up the Little Mountain Ridge, with the hill we came over behind
her
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106622-57febb6341e6c8765a712cda4b713268.jpg)
Another shot of Lookout
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106623-0a9b1a4644d42a74b9a81d5ef069bdb3.jpg)
Still hiking up the ridge
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106624-fc2f784565025c556ec624288f2df2df.jpg)
Once on top of the ridge, most people head south for the view of Little Dell and Parley's
Canyon, but the true summit is to the north. We had to break trail along the ridge, but
there have been elk here at some point.
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106625-7ea12d108adb5a7641c94e92764016f6.jpg)
Approaching the Little Mountain summit, with the small hump just over the distant ridge being Big Mountain
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106626-93fa1933e2986b582bbf2973da166ebb.jpg)
A look south from the Little Mountain summit with Broads Fork Twin Peaks in the far distance.
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106627-a72589ab027ac41a7d8a254bda7e7b7a.jpg)
Grandview Peak
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106628-77e77a502afe8c2f5f973e0aabc1302e.jpg)
A summit shot after finishing lunch.
The End.
On a beautiful day, we had the summit and the Little Mountain Ridge all to ourselves.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106612-9fddb6eca71911bd04cd15c475196452.jpg)
View from near the trailhead, down Emigration Canyon
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106613-92b66099d4fa641c40d35372074b6fe6.jpg)
Little Dell Reservoir below
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106614-ef0bb1ea713a52df3fa6cdf1dced4006.jpg)
Moseying at its best
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106615-1014e4e7f270e5f35ae32871f0f0bf59.jpg)
Dale Peak to the west
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106616-77220674711f81062d3aeef8001589ef.jpg)
Lookout Peak to the north
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106617-23bf5f778ec52a722ac54d06aaa1ef08.jpg)
Grandeur Peak to the southwest
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106618-31fa3a246dd17d847c35d0322fc19bf4.jpg)
The little peak between the hills in the center of the image is the summit of Little Mountain
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106619-2575a9edd457f97ade722b09b98b75c5.jpg)
Another shot down Emigration, with Parley's Ridge on the left and the Mount Wire ridge on the right, and the Oquirrh Mountains
in the far distance.
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106620-4a515048dab3f52bc650a46cd16d3d28.jpg)
The Little Mountain Ridge in front of us after coming across the first big hill
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106621-6bb0077d7132731fb16857aab63a5c11.jpg)
Sheila, making her way up the Little Mountain Ridge, with the hill we came over behind
her
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106622-57febb6341e6c8765a712cda4b713268.jpg)
Another shot of Lookout
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106623-0a9b1a4644d42a74b9a81d5ef069bdb3.jpg)
Still hiking up the ridge
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106624-fc2f784565025c556ec624288f2df2df.jpg)
Once on top of the ridge, most people head south for the view of Little Dell and Parley's
Canyon, but the true summit is to the north. We had to break trail along the ridge, but
there have been elk here at some point.
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106625-7ea12d108adb5a7641c94e92764016f6.jpg)
Approaching the Little Mountain summit, with the small hump just over the distant ridge being Big Mountain
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106626-93fa1933e2986b582bbf2973da166ebb.jpg)
A look south from the Little Mountain summit with Broads Fork Twin Peaks in the far distance.
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106627-a72589ab027ac41a7d8a254bda7e7b7a.jpg)
Grandview Peak
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106628-77e77a502afe8c2f5f973e0aabc1302e.jpg)
A summit shot after finishing lunch.
The End.
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