Mount Van Cott - December 18, 2021

[scatman]

Headed up Mount Van Cott this morning with my daughter, who is back from Portland. Since she has been near sea level for the past four months, and I'm just off giving blood last Saturday, we chose a rather easy hike. On our way to the top, we saw 12 mule deer, heard a chukar, though we couldn't locate it, and saw rabbit tracks on the summit. Not bad for a short hike.

Our goal

Katie out ahead

Deer scat near the trail

Somehow Katie has gotten a lot faster than me now.

There's old slow poke!

Can you make out the deer on the ridge to the south of us?

Dry Canyon

More deer across the way

I gave you the large shot on this one. Can you see the deer on the rocks at the top of the ridge? It's just a little more than halfway down the ridge, just below a reflective patch out in the valley. If I had a better zoom lens, this could have been a nice shot.

A few leaves left on this scrub oak.

The Dude Benchmark to the north

Black Mountain Ridge

Looking south at Mount Wire and the old airplane beacon

I had to lure Katie up with Circus Peanuts. Thanks @TractorDoc!

You know, she could be in a circus act. Please don't try this at home.

Look at the Big smile @Bob !

Rabbit tracks

Nice view of the foothills north of the Salt Lake Valley

Unnamed hill on the north side of Dry Canyon

back at the Sube.


The End.

 

[Rockskipper]

Looks like fun, but no BCP salute?

 

[Titans]

Great photos, nice weather when Katie comes back home! Enjoy the time together.

Guess the Subaru got all fixed?

 

[kwc]

Please note that there are no pictures of Katie actually eating one of those vile circus (cough cough) peanuts.

 

[TractorDoc]

I had to lure Katie up with Circus Peanuts. Thanks @TractorDoc!

Were you luring her, or was she luring you with those orange delicacies?

Is that the same bag I gave you in Yellowstone this past September? They should still be good. . . I don't think Circus Peanuts have an expiration date.

Looks like a great day for a hike!

 

[TractorDoc]

Please note that there are no pictures of Katie actually eating one of those vile circus (cough cough) peanuts.

Another Anti-Nutter? And I already picked up a bag for you for next September.

Hugh tells me I can swap them out for a bottle of whiskey instead. . . then we can still be friends.

 

[scatman]

What's going on with the Aggies @Rockskipper? I completely forgot about the BCP salute. I'll make sure that I use it on my next hike.

 

[scatman]

Great photos, nice weather when Katie comes back home! Enjoy the time together.

Guess the Subaru got all fixed?

The Subaru is as good as new now!

 

[scatman]

Please note that there are no pictures of Katie actually eating one of those vile circus (cough cough) peanuts.

We can remedy that right now.

 

[scatman]

Were you luring her, or was she luring you with those orange delicacies?

Is that the same bag I gave you in Yellowstone this past September? They should still be good. . . I don't think Circus Peanuts have an expiration date.

Looks like a great day for a hike!

Good point. Yes it is the same bag, but my wife and daughter are now consuming them uncontrollably.

 

[scatman]

Another Anti-Nutter? And I already picked up a bag for you for next September.

Hugh tells me I can swap them out for a bottle of whiskey instead. . . then we can still be friends.

He'll be begging for the nuts by the end of our trip.

 

[Rockskipper]

What's going on with the Aggies @Rockskipper? I completely forgot about the BCP salute. I'll make sure that I use it on my next hike.

I almost got into the game, but then they told me it was a meal ticket, not a game ticket and threw me out. I then pulled out the BCP salute, thinking maybe they were BCPers and would cut me some slack, but it only earned me a nice uniformed escort out.

Short version: I don't know.

 

[scatman]

I almost got into the game, but then they told me it was a meal ticket, not a game ticket and threw me out. I then pulled out the BCP salute, thinking maybe they were BCPers and would cut me some slack, but it only earned me a nice uniformed escort out.

Short version: I don't know.

Aggies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Trout Whisperer]

What? No rattlesnakes?

 

[kwc]

We can remedy that right now.

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Obviously staged. Notice that Katie is merely placing this orange thing between her lips and isn’t actually chewing it. It’s an act to try and convince us that someone other than @scatman would consume these things.

 

[Rockskipper]

I think we need a video showing the actual swallowing of the thing.

 

[Rockskipper]

Aggies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That lower altitude really helped!

 

[scatman]

What? No rattlesnakes?

They are all denned up at this point I believe.

Here is an observation for you: I have never seen a rattlesnake on Mount Van Cott before. I have seen them immediately to the south in Red Butte Canyon and on Mount Wire, and I have seen them to the north on Black Mountain Ridge and many of them in City Creek Canyon. So maybe Van Cott is a rattlesnake free zone.

 

[scatman]

That lower altitude really helped!

Yeah, the air was getting a bit thin for me on Van Cott, at 6300 feet.

 

[Bob]

No chewing, lips arent touching ..... not really eating........ staged