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After hiking Mount Olympus the Saturday before last, we returned to the Millcreek Ridge again, this time hiking a lollipop loop, beginning at the Maple Grove Picnic Area in Millcreek Canyon, hiking first up to Mount Aire, then following the ridgeline east to unnamed peaks 8490 and 8319, then bushwhacking our way back to the Lamb's Canyon Trail, and then back to the Mount Aire Trail to complete the loop, and finally back to our car which completed the lollipop portion.
Upper Millcreek Canyon is closed (gated) to vehicle traffic (unless you own a cabin there) until July 1st, so that means if you want to summit Mount Aire or use any of the trails above the gate, one must park at the Maple Grove Picnic Area and walk approximately 1.5 miles up the road to reach the official trailhead at Elbow Fork.
Wildflowers and blooming shrubs were out in force again this week along our entire route. The pictures that I took in the early morning light didn't turn out very well, so it you shake your head a bit, or blink repeatedly, they just might be in focus for you.
Sorry about that.
The hike we did is just a smidgeon over 8.5 miles, but unlike our last ridge hike from Grandeur to Church Fork, this one had a lot more bushwhacking through scrub oak and snowbrush ceanothus to contend with. Even though this hike was 2 miles shorter than the one two weeks ago, if took us almost the same amount of time to complete.
Here's some shots of our hike.
![Mount_Aire_Unnamed_Peak8490_Lollipop_Loop.jpg Mount_Aire_Unnamed_Peak8490_Lollipop_Loop.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99073-63630fb329a86ec37474d21b04501055.jpg)
Route overview map
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99074-c574749a1385c45263bb29f2b2b8977f.jpg)
Where we parked
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99075-7341ba6e8dbd46dd9c4274bd584b1b15.jpg)
Red Osier Dogwood
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99076-a22e497fbe56bdca0f058751faea40db.jpg)
Thimbleberry
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99077-e71dfe70774d91cc3dff4cbf9940b4db.jpg)
Millcreek
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99078-85bd27ecfd506ebcbe17aa4750bdf23e.jpg)
Arrived at the official trailhead
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99079-887047253c9f07471c2931c7f16e4f94.jpg)
Wild Strawberries - remember to shake your heads and blink your eyes
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99080-10beeae3bf391ba43f846e110de88bec.jpg)
Hookedspur Violets - Shake and blink!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99081-833182711beea091258d84dac0a64921.jpg)
Heartleaf Arnica - still shaking and blinking?
![08b.jpg 08b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99082-395ef95f5f350d54b29734bdb9b19288.jpg)
Watching for the ever elusive bull moose, on the Mount Aire Trail
![08c.jpg 08c.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99083-0516b1f747690f6c42a1267525c0fb44.jpg)
Norther Black Currant
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99084-0670f23558571d8b0e1b97704f24fad5.jpg)
Bluebells - Whole lot of shaking going on! -
Come over baby whole lot of shakin' goin' on
Yes, I said come over baby baby you can't go wrong
We ain't fakin'
Whole lot of shakin' goin' on
![09b.jpg 09b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99085-ba9278a28a315118be5757f9c6c29d66.jpg)
Twinberry Honeysuckle
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99086-076b46b60061bf517439f05f2f9acc74.jpg)
Chokecherry
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99087-836779eb2b07af3d4a557288edee8e80.jpg)
A group of Solomon's Seal
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99088-3c51d0928511d9f6f4be48f7da91f0cc.jpg)
Bonneville Pea
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99089-447c2d5ed08a65831e4cf4bfd61d329e.jpg)
Mount Aire Trail
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99090-f914fa7eee6ec544ddeb8d6d6cefb7fb.jpg)
Common Snowberry
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99091-82456bd22ca137e175d735d4f0a14819.jpg)
Looking up at Mount Aire from the pass
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99092-9ce771cc12d57f29dd60819c112cb257.jpg)
Millcreek Ridge towards Upper Burch Hollow
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99093-c0ab8b280799e702a56b5aca9763f818.jpg)
View of Gobblers knob and Mount Raymond from the pass
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99094-0afc93a22b0c6b9d45110bbfca17306b.jpg)
Lupine beginning to bloom
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99095-c370f95ac8ac3ba65dd6a6d8074c3aaa.jpg)
Sticky Geranium
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99096-eb81c6402c24bafcd3c1cbad56d96f4e.jpg)
Wasatch Beardtongue
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99097-a0384b28c7fe16359dc7fb37de40eb35.jpg)
Some Arrowleaf Balsamroot still doing well at 8200 feet
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99098-fa1a54b91007ff8d27c34f6a85109ae9.jpg)
Scarlet Gilia (Skyrocket)
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99099-cfd16aff834502fd70d83abcc35fd690.jpg)
More beardtoungue
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99100-d191617007f5c54eb664979edc0e7e8b.jpg)
Sheila, making her way up from the pass
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99101-966a70bc213714a1531a9d6ae6199bc4.jpg)
Western end of the Millcreek Ridge with Grandeur Peak the west bookend
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99102-da1af42dd825dea849e7eb634448aa1e.jpg)
Sheila,, on the summit of Mount Aire with Broads Fork Twin Peaks along the Cottonwood Ridge in the far distance
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99103-faf34128afe8694f211728b4ff54a792.jpg)
Deer leg on summit of Mount Aire
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99104-d2b9f24f02526fd64c116234d64a5abd.jpg)
Daisy
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99105-23bd2debe3671557b735c492257551e9.jpg)
A look to the east along the Millcreek Ridgeline and unnamed peak 8490
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99106-51de32f200be4137c97a0cdc298a3111.jpg)
Caterpillar nest
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99107-12c71b68d7d481511544870bceb81c65.jpg)
Utah Serviceberry on the ridgeline
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99108-c48f2c1e78778e67bad4b457dfce05a5.jpg)
Lots of scrub oak to contend with on this section of the ridge
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99109-b77dd0ea316a1e245be535d7da3afde1.jpg)
Small bump along the ridge
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99110-506b6f20d1c1286bd33c60d430886956.jpg)
Looking south, down Elbow Fork from the ridgeline
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99111-783cbf98d82c2f9ad5bc54241761657b.jpg)
Are we making any headway? Unnamed Peak 8490, with Millvue Peak in the distance
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99112-431f8125ac6699f0d98302582ffbc904.jpg)
Hawksbeard
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99113-a79170ed23a69c9045122bdea04d7f0e.jpg)
Almost to the final push to Peak 8490
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99114-833efae9f364b461c46d65008196c9d7.jpg)
Scatman down!
@Rockskipper, I need some advice on how to keep on my feet. Don't hold back now, give it to me straight.
Nothing like scrub oak up your kilt to make your day.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99115-2fd721ab328b833ef7992a6524a72bc6.jpg)
Sheila, working her way across the ridge, with Mount Aire behind her
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99116-90ce6c5f344f1f6639b2e6f2c81eaf1a.jpg)
Alexander Basin across the way
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99117-314920748da5b8eacb866c23bac517a5.jpg)
Looking down on Peak 8319
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99118-5b94d86a681cd005da93e967c446de47.jpg)
Swallowtail
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99119-534e125baaaf2094deed2a0912ea93f3.jpg)
Horned Lizard once again
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99120-b912e16845f2ac16783fd35a82f44ee7.jpg)
The only paintbrush that we saw on our entire hike
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99121-539fed696075adea315396b308e24e23.jpg)
Creature from the Black Lagoon. A second horned lizard that we ran into along the ridge.
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99122-52f23d8e465d76c65aa88b01b70fd042.jpg)
On Peak 8319
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99123-4263affcfdd3604efe0ab412bb9e8dfe.jpg)
Bushwhacking heaven as we were coming off Peak 8319
![48.jpg 48.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99124-d44eab03dff6a07baecb95c4ff77b187.jpg)
Pass full of Mule Ears
![49.jpg 49.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99125-b852e16c21fa3af837648e55227925a8.jpg)
A look back up and to the west of Peak 8490 and Mount Aire beyond
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99126-1c79ac19d15ef2df9ce057c1d024d95d.jpg)
Millvue Peak ahead
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99127-ceb11c8652b2ee2a11e257e76a2e7284.jpg)
Nearing the end of the bushwhacking on our way to the Lamb's Canyon Trail
![52.jpg 52.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99128-db0418b917255f90cc730d493e141be5.jpg)
Black Bear scat
![53.jpg 53.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99129-36352eab3074158ae602782f7f625399.jpg)
Lots of aspen groves in this area
![54.jpg 54.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99130-ffaf8f5c3018c0bed98413c93749d7c2.jpg)
Stickseed, back on the Lamb's Canyon Trail
![55.jpg 55.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99131-7501e189fe49c818ca088e55d72587ae.jpg)
Mountain Ash
![56.jpg 56.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99132-fbe24b716fbb844d25a251e71b8a47e0.jpg)
Snowbrush Ceanothus - nice to walk by instead of going trough as we did on the ridgeline
![56b.jpg 56b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99165-851e85e493233877e9efa70d88bad584.jpg)
Cinquefoil
![56c.jpg 56c.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99133-5d7e2daeca528decc7d44d69fd21ee28.jpg)
Western Valerian?
![57.jpg 57.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99134-11563e325471fb7cb03cc3452fd094ba.jpg)
Purple Clematis
![58.jpg 58.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99136-14d030a6571f01b7d2603fc8a6215ab4.jpg)
More clematis
![59.jpg 59.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99137-138abc512377c85b8754c65362898f54.jpg)
Western Wallflower
![60.jpg 60.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99138-ede11ed482bc45de9e6722ac210880e9.jpg)
The Lamb's Canyon Trail and a portion of the Mount Aire Trail are part of the Great Western Trail
![61.jpg 61.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99140-5a19b796fd500bb38f46cad52d4097ff.jpg)
Back to Millcreek
![62.jpg 62.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99142-00e80e9b9f84a067540a0843c0fd36fa.jpg)
On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is hiking with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![63.jpg 63.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99141-342e97ffb7be16e31d816148bfe44a03.jpg)
End of the Lollipop Loop. The gated road up Millcreek Canyon - I forgot to take a picture of this earlier in the day.
The End.
Upper Millcreek Canyon is closed (gated) to vehicle traffic (unless you own a cabin there) until July 1st, so that means if you want to summit Mount Aire or use any of the trails above the gate, one must park at the Maple Grove Picnic Area and walk approximately 1.5 miles up the road to reach the official trailhead at Elbow Fork.
Wildflowers and blooming shrubs were out in force again this week along our entire route. The pictures that I took in the early morning light didn't turn out very well, so it you shake your head a bit, or blink repeatedly, they just might be in focus for you.
The hike we did is just a smidgeon over 8.5 miles, but unlike our last ridge hike from Grandeur to Church Fork, this one had a lot more bushwhacking through scrub oak and snowbrush ceanothus to contend with. Even though this hike was 2 miles shorter than the one two weeks ago, if took us almost the same amount of time to complete.
Here's some shots of our hike.
![Mount_Aire_Unnamed_Peak8490_Lollipop_Loop.jpg Mount_Aire_Unnamed_Peak8490_Lollipop_Loop.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99073-63630fb329a86ec37474d21b04501055.jpg)
Route overview map
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99074-c574749a1385c45263bb29f2b2b8977f.jpg)
Where we parked
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99075-7341ba6e8dbd46dd9c4274bd584b1b15.jpg)
Red Osier Dogwood
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99076-a22e497fbe56bdca0f058751faea40db.jpg)
Thimbleberry
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99077-e71dfe70774d91cc3dff4cbf9940b4db.jpg)
Millcreek
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99078-85bd27ecfd506ebcbe17aa4750bdf23e.jpg)
Arrived at the official trailhead
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99079-887047253c9f07471c2931c7f16e4f94.jpg)
Wild Strawberries - remember to shake your heads and blink your eyes
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99080-10beeae3bf391ba43f846e110de88bec.jpg)
Hookedspur Violets - Shake and blink!
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99081-833182711beea091258d84dac0a64921.jpg)
Heartleaf Arnica - still shaking and blinking?
![08b.jpg 08b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99082-395ef95f5f350d54b29734bdb9b19288.jpg)
Watching for the ever elusive bull moose, on the Mount Aire Trail
![08c.jpg 08c.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99083-0516b1f747690f6c42a1267525c0fb44.jpg)
Norther Black Currant
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99084-0670f23558571d8b0e1b97704f24fad5.jpg)
Bluebells - Whole lot of shaking going on! -
Come over baby whole lot of shakin' goin' on
Yes, I said come over baby baby you can't go wrong
We ain't fakin'
Whole lot of shakin' goin' on
![09b.jpg 09b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99085-ba9278a28a315118be5757f9c6c29d66.jpg)
Twinberry Honeysuckle
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99086-076b46b60061bf517439f05f2f9acc74.jpg)
Chokecherry
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99087-836779eb2b07af3d4a557288edee8e80.jpg)
A group of Solomon's Seal
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99088-3c51d0928511d9f6f4be48f7da91f0cc.jpg)
Bonneville Pea
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99089-447c2d5ed08a65831e4cf4bfd61d329e.jpg)
Mount Aire Trail
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99090-f914fa7eee6ec544ddeb8d6d6cefb7fb.jpg)
Common Snowberry
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99091-82456bd22ca137e175d735d4f0a14819.jpg)
Looking up at Mount Aire from the pass
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99092-9ce771cc12d57f29dd60819c112cb257.jpg)
Millcreek Ridge towards Upper Burch Hollow
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99093-c0ab8b280799e702a56b5aca9763f818.jpg)
View of Gobblers knob and Mount Raymond from the pass
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99094-0afc93a22b0c6b9d45110bbfca17306b.jpg)
Lupine beginning to bloom
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99095-c370f95ac8ac3ba65dd6a6d8074c3aaa.jpg)
Sticky Geranium
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99096-eb81c6402c24bafcd3c1cbad56d96f4e.jpg)
Wasatch Beardtongue
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99097-a0384b28c7fe16359dc7fb37de40eb35.jpg)
Some Arrowleaf Balsamroot still doing well at 8200 feet
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99098-fa1a54b91007ff8d27c34f6a85109ae9.jpg)
Scarlet Gilia (Skyrocket)
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99099-cfd16aff834502fd70d83abcc35fd690.jpg)
More beardtoungue
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99100-d191617007f5c54eb664979edc0e7e8b.jpg)
Sheila, making her way up from the pass
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99101-966a70bc213714a1531a9d6ae6199bc4.jpg)
Western end of the Millcreek Ridge with Grandeur Peak the west bookend
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99102-da1af42dd825dea849e7eb634448aa1e.jpg)
Sheila,, on the summit of Mount Aire with Broads Fork Twin Peaks along the Cottonwood Ridge in the far distance
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99103-faf34128afe8694f211728b4ff54a792.jpg)
Deer leg on summit of Mount Aire
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99104-d2b9f24f02526fd64c116234d64a5abd.jpg)
Daisy
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99105-23bd2debe3671557b735c492257551e9.jpg)
A look to the east along the Millcreek Ridgeline and unnamed peak 8490
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99106-51de32f200be4137c97a0cdc298a3111.jpg)
Caterpillar nest
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99107-12c71b68d7d481511544870bceb81c65.jpg)
Utah Serviceberry on the ridgeline
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99108-c48f2c1e78778e67bad4b457dfce05a5.jpg)
Lots of scrub oak to contend with on this section of the ridge
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99109-b77dd0ea316a1e245be535d7da3afde1.jpg)
Small bump along the ridge
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99110-506b6f20d1c1286bd33c60d430886956.jpg)
Looking south, down Elbow Fork from the ridgeline
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99111-783cbf98d82c2f9ad5bc54241761657b.jpg)
Are we making any headway? Unnamed Peak 8490, with Millvue Peak in the distance
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99112-431f8125ac6699f0d98302582ffbc904.jpg)
Hawksbeard
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99113-a79170ed23a69c9045122bdea04d7f0e.jpg)
Almost to the final push to Peak 8490
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99114-833efae9f364b461c46d65008196c9d7.jpg)
Scatman down!
Nothing like scrub oak up your kilt to make your day.
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99115-2fd721ab328b833ef7992a6524a72bc6.jpg)
Sheila, working her way across the ridge, with Mount Aire behind her
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99116-90ce6c5f344f1f6639b2e6f2c81eaf1a.jpg)
Alexander Basin across the way
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99117-314920748da5b8eacb866c23bac517a5.jpg)
Looking down on Peak 8319
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99118-5b94d86a681cd005da93e967c446de47.jpg)
Swallowtail
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99119-534e125baaaf2094deed2a0912ea93f3.jpg)
Horned Lizard once again
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/99/99120-b912e16845f2ac16783fd35a82f44ee7.jpg)
The only paintbrush that we saw on our entire hike
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Creature from the Black Lagoon. A second horned lizard that we ran into along the ridge.
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On Peak 8319
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Bushwhacking heaven as we were coming off Peak 8319
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Pass full of Mule Ears
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A look back up and to the west of Peak 8490 and Mount Aire beyond
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Millvue Peak ahead
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Nearing the end of the bushwhacking on our way to the Lamb's Canyon Trail
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Black Bear scat
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Lots of aspen groves in this area
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Stickseed, back on the Lamb's Canyon Trail
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Mountain Ash
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Snowbrush Ceanothus - nice to walk by instead of going trough as we did on the ridgeline
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Cinquefoil
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Western Valerian?
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Purple Clematis
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More clematis
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Western Wallflower
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The Lamb's Canyon Trail and a portion of the Mount Aire Trail are part of the Great Western Trail
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Back to Millcreek
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On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is hiking with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again
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End of the Lollipop Loop. The gated road up Millcreek Canyon - I forgot to take a picture of this earlier in the day.
The End.
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