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The hike this weekend took us to the summit of Lookout Peak, which is located at the head of Emigration Canyon and Burr Fork. We began the hike at the Little Mountain Trailhead and it took us 8 hours and 57 minutes to complete the 12 miles, out and back.
At the beginning, the weather was really nice with sunny skies and 58 degrees at the trailhead. Once on the ridge, we encountered strong winds all the way to the summit. As we ate our lunches, a storm moved over the Salt Lake Valley, and it looked like it might be headed for us, but fortunately it bypassed us to the south.
The camera that I was using on the hike wasn't really conducive to taking wildflower shots, but I did my best. We ran into the usual culprits this time, with arrowleaf balsamroot abundant down low, and glacier lilies the majority at higher elevation. We did see more paintbrush on this hike than ore previous tow hikes, and milk vetch was pretty common along our route regardless of the elevation.
Now speaking of cameras, the is a property know as the @Rockskipper / @TractorDoc property that states (# of people +1) = the # of cameras a hike required to take on a hike. This property dates back to old mathematic times, and like the communitive and distributive properties cannot be questioned.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
That being said, the following cameras made the journey:
- Fujifilm GFX 50S II
- Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
- Canon PowerShot SX170 IS
- Canon Powershot SD630
The SD630 ran out of juice on the way down from the summit.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121348-d70b09717bb32bd1d5c49cfd472db5ca.jpg)
Getting ready to go at the trailhead
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121349-ebf272e31f8a00e6627fc347b998c4e1.jpg)
What I refer to as the Mount Wire Ridge, on the north side of Emigration Canyon. Mount wire is the western (left)most bump
along the ridge
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121350-603e1ef12da47625cbb7f9f42253788b.jpg)
Lookout Peak, which is the bump along the ridge with the two fields running off of it.
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121351-671550ebb662faabda8e74302155e74d.jpg)
Vetch was plentiful
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121352-b01e6b198534b55189e4b943e7552f90.jpg)
On our way to Little Mountain, which is at the upper right of the image
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121353-ced3871890c11ffe94ea864c73da0695.jpg)
I think these two might be ruining my reputation with their smiles.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121354-de8727fcc93e5190b47aa56b3f1bd6fd.jpg)
Passing by Little Dell Reservoir, Mountain Dell dam can be seen too, lower down the drainage, and Mount Aire dominates the
ridgeline across Parleys Canyon
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121355-cc9a67e522d3d6c2d5cc6f31b0c541a9.jpg)
Balsamroot
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121356-43e0525c7b674a61cd75d86984bb4511.jpg)
Heading up to a saddle between Little Mountain and an unnamed hill. At the saddle, one would take a right heading north to head
up to the summit of Little Mountain
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121357-e9fd828b1002a1d71cba7b67e43ed650.jpg)
A little ever so slightly different angle of Lookout Peak
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121358-8ab20d0b59f166035272d45299e95381.jpg)
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121359-2f91a58f1b1d98c6160abf972888b9d3.jpg)
A different looking bird that we ran into after coming down the north side of the saddle. I believe it might be a black-headed
grosbeak
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121360-0e1a19c61a646b5d4fbf635ffd9f3932.jpg)
Zoomed in on Grandview Peak which is located on the north side and the headwaters of City Creek Canyon
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121361-d537862a51bdb936284b0c7d67d68143.jpg)
We took a break in this meadow, before we started heading up to the top of the ridge
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121362-3ad6bfe366b071e20d17c3d5261cc09d.jpg)
A look back towards Gobblers Knob and Mount Raymond with the Little Mountain summit just below Raymond
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121363-f57ac5fe2810396d24b3079a6c375fac.jpg)
Still smiling. I'm ruined!![Hot :hot: :hot:](/addedsmilies/hot.gif)
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121364-2bdcafb87ebc63856c67c22606ecbfd5.jpg)
Always follow the arrow.
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121365-c399fc3a7f37542bfd174f951bd5c93a.jpg)
Now this is the proper facial expression to have on any Scatman lead hike or backpacking trip. We
will see if @Bob and @ImNotDedYet can follow proper protocol later this week.![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121366-99c2525e7a819e1e49a6be3d92045a46.jpg)
Groundsel
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121367-e20638ff5d197388bc22cb751e0dfc56.jpg)
A stream was running down the trail as we started climbing
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121368-5695534a70765c57b802e822d3ce59d8.jpg)
Spring Parsley
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121369-895c4a42c050180f7bc20a5ba3d25211.jpg)
A whole meadow of mules ears. This will be gorgeous in a week or two.
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121370-51015d547a96d5c6709a7987c22ff118.jpg)
A look up towards Lookout Peak. It is the left most hump (barely visible) along the ridge
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121371-360694b50ec43387e226df2dd23ba6df.jpg)
Balsamroot and Lookout - a winning combination
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121372-f80b893c4e52407c972f226eca6d63e0.jpg)
A look down Killyon Canyon
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121373-980219b95bb4b9eed200c68cffe34605.jpg)
A number of switchbacks up the hillside as we approach the top of the ridge
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121374-87b3aa960aefc60d42544064c122cb76.jpg)
Katie, who is way out ahead of us, takes a picture, looking down on the old man.![Scatman :scatman: :scatman:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121375-bd914f00bacef4fe80ffd71dfa50014f.jpg)
Some larkspur
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121376-16b091753e217170fbfb079684ed205e.jpg)
Can you make Katie out beginning to head up the ridge? I'm almost at the top of the ridge.
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121377-1b325ae918bbdbd64ee7379d54d72c3e.jpg)
Now I'm on the ridge.![Thumbs Up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121378-058603d64241ae2c86bb1641590dda46.jpg)
There is a horned lizard in this shot. Again, I had no ability to zoom in for a closer shot.![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121379-791b93204050de3f33ae6e945aa546df.jpg)
Some snow still lingers just of the ridge. One can make out the Emigration Canyon road below
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121380-e4e62fc9a6682bc1cbe729eac390028d.jpg)
Buttercups
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121381-13bf22786ab62309fed6bb943e5d5f45.jpg)
Mountain Mahogany time
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121382-7cf52d8d4d6fded3181dd9e478de4580.jpg)
A number of hills to cross over before reaching the actual peak
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121383-108f760c33f42e1500c8fdf245d96aae.jpg)
More vetch
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121384-dc192bdd00a2f536869f7d31bb97bff5.jpg)
Katie is up ahead on the snowfield
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121385-27c5eb7b0228982279e23a1682c260d5.jpg)
The aspen haven't gotten their leaves this high up yet
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121386-b7cf6936c322f190bf8527b59e2875a3.jpg)
A look to the north towards unnamed peak 8901
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121387-d523f641c7a2f3a4268c2b580bb1b3cf.jpg)
Steep going to reach the false summit
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121388-9c55b19277ab0379dcf00c0b14f42f49.jpg)
Storm gathering over the Salt Lake Valley
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121389-3438d7467758aeed7b1b5fbe27e58e53.jpg)
Lookout Peak dead ahead
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121390-20f037a8811ec6004923915fba30f04d.jpg)
Looking down on Parleys Ridge my daughter and I hiked last week.
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121391-361dfab653db9f1ab4cd6ef24736fe14.jpg)
Katie, at the top of the false summit
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121392-1782bdd1fea96e95b6ce64c9a1919070.jpg)
Grandview Peak across upper City Creek Canyon
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121393-e8604904d168fd57ebab918ac9d9fdb6.jpg)
A look down City Creek Canyon with the Black Mountain Ridge on the left, Burro Peak at the far right, and the ridge that extends
from Ensign Peak east in the distance
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121394-2ef227c5f0acfe318043d9f378225d22.jpg)
Katie on the summit, with the Wasatch behind
![48.jpg 48.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121395-81abb11123ef8e7782e2c962d4cc1e3b.jpg)
Sheila coming off the false summit
![49.jpg 49.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121396-9f1c9ac90587c0e62b2c05dc9800d429.jpg)
Summit shot before lunch. We ate quickly as the storm was getting closer
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121397-d941bbf5c5a353dfb591ce4f155c928a.jpg)
The art of taking a picture.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121398-7a6f5a03eef37d2f6aada726b0c18284.jpg)
The wind was really picking up at this point as the storm clouds neared.
![52.jpg 52.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121399-126be5cb089434315e7420d25f36fb69.jpg)
View to the north, towards Morgan, Utah
![53.jpg 53.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121400-875a74a84db624a5ace2fc0412319b59.jpg)
We donned our rain jackets for the hike down
![54.jpg 54.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121401-9c84088c844b47a9e445cb1b69f04362.jpg)
Yellows bells
![55.jpg 55.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121402-ec043cd3f0d8aee8d4508939be7f54b2.jpg)
Paintbrush along the ridge
![56.jpg 56.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121403-230847c11e0186935b468fcd0cb83a4c.jpg)
Paintbrush and vetch
![57.jpg 57.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121404-501831d4f8579da71011add83a163a03.jpg)
Clearing up as the storm missed us to the south.
![58.jpg 58.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121405-61e919dd1220a9622cc69fa5b22a42c8.jpg)
Now the thunder heads are building up over Lookout
![59.jpg 59.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121406-f2d7369d6acf44a99b38cfdfcc659bb4.jpg)
Common stickseed
![60.jpg 60.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121407-8f043937c12b8a59328ec862cb56e050.jpg)
The art of hiking a trail
![61.jpg 61.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121408-5e979d4e3640b1de93f5ac16e280d51f.jpg)
We stopped at the same meadow for a break on our way down. The art of eating cheese.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![62.jpg 62.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121409-34cfd5bb764bf86392c169cd56a57593.jpg)
The art of tracking a moose.
![63.jpg 63.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121410-8243d4e124cac9b25bd10b7e37588e32.jpg)
Heading back towards the saddle which can be seen up ahead with Little Mountain on the left of it
![64.jpg 64.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121411-3e6d2012a97b32619e7534f55a8b76e2.jpg)
Death Kamas.
![65.jpg 65.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121412-ad0a97e3d006d304019267a31dab5903.jpg)
Deep knee bends for the final push back to the trailhead
![66.jpg 66.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121413-c85bddbe016a0b9353803facaa6967d2.jpg)
Raining on Lookout now. We just caught some minor sprinkling for a few minutes
![67.jpg 67.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121414-a9380fa7306e71a87f0e4c477d3634ec.jpg)
Jaywalkers! Citizens arrest!![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![69.jpg 69.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121415-82422b0b3846863dce26325807e9ee10.jpg)
![70.jpg 70.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121416-f78aa32657ad768e10c8a1b871183abd.jpg)
Back at the trailhead.
Instead of posting in the what's cooking thread, I am putting it in this trip report. Sorry, I'm being lazy, or maybe I have to go mow the lawn.![Thinking :thinking: :thinking:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Baked Salmon with smokehouse maple and creole spices
- Steamed cauliflower - I added some pepper after the picture was taken
- Knorr's broccoli chicken rice
![71.jpg 71.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121417-804c2479154ae8ea43351d8d07730417.jpg)
The End.
At the beginning, the weather was really nice with sunny skies and 58 degrees at the trailhead. Once on the ridge, we encountered strong winds all the way to the summit. As we ate our lunches, a storm moved over the Salt Lake Valley, and it looked like it might be headed for us, but fortunately it bypassed us to the south.
The camera that I was using on the hike wasn't really conducive to taking wildflower shots, but I did my best. We ran into the usual culprits this time, with arrowleaf balsamroot abundant down low, and glacier lilies the majority at higher elevation. We did see more paintbrush on this hike than ore previous tow hikes, and milk vetch was pretty common along our route regardless of the elevation.
Now speaking of cameras, the is a property know as the @Rockskipper / @TractorDoc property that states (# of people +1) = the # of cameras a hike required to take on a hike. This property dates back to old mathematic times, and like the communitive and distributive properties cannot be questioned.
That being said, the following cameras made the journey:
- Fujifilm GFX 50S II
- Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
- Canon PowerShot SX170 IS
- Canon Powershot SD630
The SD630 ran out of juice on the way down from the summit.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121348-d70b09717bb32bd1d5c49cfd472db5ca.jpg)
Getting ready to go at the trailhead
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121349-ebf272e31f8a00e6627fc347b998c4e1.jpg)
What I refer to as the Mount Wire Ridge, on the north side of Emigration Canyon. Mount wire is the western (left)most bump
along the ridge
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121350-603e1ef12da47625cbb7f9f42253788b.jpg)
Lookout Peak, which is the bump along the ridge with the two fields running off of it.
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121351-671550ebb662faabda8e74302155e74d.jpg)
Vetch was plentiful
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121352-b01e6b198534b55189e4b943e7552f90.jpg)
On our way to Little Mountain, which is at the upper right of the image
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121353-ced3871890c11ffe94ea864c73da0695.jpg)
I think these two might be ruining my reputation with their smiles.
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121354-de8727fcc93e5190b47aa56b3f1bd6fd.jpg)
Passing by Little Dell Reservoir, Mountain Dell dam can be seen too, lower down the drainage, and Mount Aire dominates the
ridgeline across Parleys Canyon
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121355-cc9a67e522d3d6c2d5cc6f31b0c541a9.jpg)
Balsamroot
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121356-43e0525c7b674a61cd75d86984bb4511.jpg)
Heading up to a saddle between Little Mountain and an unnamed hill. At the saddle, one would take a right heading north to head
up to the summit of Little Mountain
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121357-e9fd828b1002a1d71cba7b67e43ed650.jpg)
A little ever so slightly different angle of Lookout Peak
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121358-8ab20d0b59f166035272d45299e95381.jpg)
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121359-2f91a58f1b1d98c6160abf972888b9d3.jpg)
A different looking bird that we ran into after coming down the north side of the saddle. I believe it might be a black-headed
grosbeak
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121360-0e1a19c61a646b5d4fbf635ffd9f3932.jpg)
Zoomed in on Grandview Peak which is located on the north side and the headwaters of City Creek Canyon
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121361-d537862a51bdb936284b0c7d67d68143.jpg)
We took a break in this meadow, before we started heading up to the top of the ridge
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121362-3ad6bfe366b071e20d17c3d5261cc09d.jpg)
A look back towards Gobblers Knob and Mount Raymond with the Little Mountain summit just below Raymond
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121363-f57ac5fe2810396d24b3079a6c375fac.jpg)
Still smiling. I'm ruined!
![Hot :hot: :hot:](/addedsmilies/hot.gif)
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121364-2bdcafb87ebc63856c67c22606ecbfd5.jpg)
Always follow the arrow.
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121365-c399fc3a7f37542bfd174f951bd5c93a.jpg)
Now this is the proper facial expression to have on any Scatman lead hike or backpacking trip. We
will see if @Bob and @ImNotDedYet can follow proper protocol later this week.
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121366-99c2525e7a819e1e49a6be3d92045a46.jpg)
Groundsel
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121367-e20638ff5d197388bc22cb751e0dfc56.jpg)
A stream was running down the trail as we started climbing
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121368-5695534a70765c57b802e822d3ce59d8.jpg)
Spring Parsley
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121369-895c4a42c050180f7bc20a5ba3d25211.jpg)
A whole meadow of mules ears. This will be gorgeous in a week or two.
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121370-51015d547a96d5c6709a7987c22ff118.jpg)
A look up towards Lookout Peak. It is the left most hump (barely visible) along the ridge
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121371-360694b50ec43387e226df2dd23ba6df.jpg)
Balsamroot and Lookout - a winning combination
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121372-f80b893c4e52407c972f226eca6d63e0.jpg)
A look down Killyon Canyon
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121373-980219b95bb4b9eed200c68cffe34605.jpg)
A number of switchbacks up the hillside as we approach the top of the ridge
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121374-87b3aa960aefc60d42544064c122cb76.jpg)
Katie, who is way out ahead of us, takes a picture, looking down on the old man.
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121375-bd914f00bacef4fe80ffd71dfa50014f.jpg)
Some larkspur
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121376-16b091753e217170fbfb079684ed205e.jpg)
Can you make Katie out beginning to head up the ridge? I'm almost at the top of the ridge.
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121377-1b325ae918bbdbd64ee7379d54d72c3e.jpg)
Now I'm on the ridge.
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121378-058603d64241ae2c86bb1641590dda46.jpg)
There is a horned lizard in this shot. Again, I had no ability to zoom in for a closer shot.
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Some snow still lingers just of the ridge. One can make out the Emigration Canyon road below
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Buttercups
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Mountain Mahogany time
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A number of hills to cross over before reaching the actual peak
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More vetch
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Katie is up ahead on the snowfield
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The aspen haven't gotten their leaves this high up yet
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A look to the north towards unnamed peak 8901
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Steep going to reach the false summit
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Storm gathering over the Salt Lake Valley
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Lookout Peak dead ahead
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Looking down on Parleys Ridge my daughter and I hiked last week.
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Katie, at the top of the false summit
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Grandview Peak across upper City Creek Canyon
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A look down City Creek Canyon with the Black Mountain Ridge on the left, Burro Peak at the far right, and the ridge that extends
from Ensign Peak east in the distance
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Katie on the summit, with the Wasatch behind
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Sheila coming off the false summit
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Summit shot before lunch. We ate quickly as the storm was getting closer
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The art of taking a picture.
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The wind was really picking up at this point as the storm clouds neared.
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View to the north, towards Morgan, Utah
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We donned our rain jackets for the hike down
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Yellows bells
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Paintbrush along the ridge
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Paintbrush and vetch
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Clearing up as the storm missed us to the south.
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Now the thunder heads are building up over Lookout
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Common stickseed
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The art of hiking a trail
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We stopped at the same meadow for a break on our way down. The art of eating cheese.
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The art of tracking a moose.
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Heading back towards the saddle which can be seen up ahead with Little Mountain on the left of it
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Death Kamas.
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Deep knee bends for the final push back to the trailhead
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Raining on Lookout now. We just caught some minor sprinkling for a few minutes
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Jaywalkers! Citizens arrest!
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Back at the trailhead.
Instead of posting in the what's cooking thread, I am putting it in this trip report. Sorry, I'm being lazy, or maybe I have to go mow the lawn.
- Baked Salmon with smokehouse maple and creole spices
- Steamed cauliflower - I added some pepper after the picture was taken
- Knorr's broccoli chicken rice
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The End.
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