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Got up early this morning and headed to Mount Van Cott to see what the fire had done to it from last weekend.
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Mount Van Cott is the ridge just east and above the hill with the "U" on it. I'm walking along 11th Ave. to get to the trail.
This is new, some bike lockups and restrooms at Popperton
A deer looking at me through the fence wondering, "What is he doing up so early in the morning?'
The burn line of the Bonneville Fire
Dropping down to the mouth of Dry Canyon
You can see the old Jeep road cut on the side of the hill that I'll be taking most of the way to the summit
A single fire hose running up Dry Canyon
A couple of shots showing how close the Huntsman Cancer Institute is to the burn scar
On the Shoreline Trail, I'll be taking a left at the intersection for the old Jeep road.
Nice contrast
Heading up the hill on the old Jeep road
Looking back down towards Dry Canyon and "U" Hill. The orange you see on "U" Hill is from fire retardant dropped from a plane
The Shoreline Trail was the fire break a little further south.
University of Utah Hospital below
The way to the top
Sumac that didn't make it
A little tuft of burned grass
Bottom burned, top not
I like the contrast
The thistles seemed to come through better than the other plants
Northern Van Cott Trail
Scrub oak on the ridge with its base burned
View down into Dry Canyon where you can see that more retardant was dropped
This gumweed plant survived the fire
A small burned sage
Working my way up the ridge
The summit above
First living animal that I saw - a small beetle crossing the trail
Burned scrub oak on the edge of the ridge
More burned scrub
A tiny burned sage
Charred oak leaves
Silhouette of a Spotted Towhee
And one on the trail in front of me
First view of Black Mountain Ridge
Looking back towards the city
And forward towards the summit
Looking back towards the Dude Benchmark in the distance
A crumpled penstemon
All that was left of the Sego Lilies from last Saturday
Some goldenrod near the summit - some areas near the summit did not burn
Black Mountain Ridge
View down the burned southern ridge of Van Cott
View towards Mount Wire, which was not affected by the fire
The wasp eggs on the oak leaves that didn't burn seemed to have survived
Summit shot
The old trusty tripod and the Canon 5D Mark III
As close as the burn got to the summit
A look at the way that I came up
Burned scrub as I start down into Red Butte Canyon
So overjoyed to see that this little guy survived.
More burned scrub, the fire burned everything off of their branches
Some singed thistle
The trail down into Red Butte Canyon
A look back up towards the summit of Van Cott
One of the south trails up Van Cott
The Van Cott Trail
Some burned lichen
More thistle
Uh-oh, the authorities!
This buckwheat survived
View towards the Red Butte Reservoir and dam
Burned Mule's Ears
This Yarrow survived in a small patch that didn't burn
Bumblebee on a thistle flower
Trail down into Red Butte Canyon
More severely burned trees
Look back up the hill
I ran into some firefighters (Forest Service and local) and they told me that the canyon road was closed and that I'd have to go
around Red Butte to get out.
First time that I have ever seen the gate open into the restricted area
Red Butte Creek
A couple of the local firefighters down on the road
View across the canyon at Van Cott
And towards the water tanks on the side of the hill
Working my way around Red Butte Gardens
Van Cott ridgeline
An Aster
The water tanks again
An old blacksmith shop on Red Butte Garden's property
A second southern trail off of Van Cott
And the third southern trail off of Van Cott near the end of the ridge. It is the steepest of the three.
The burned Mount Van Cott
Contour elevation at the Natural History Museum
West end of Red Butte, and the Natural History Museum above
The hook-and-ladder is after the Scatman! If @TractorDoc had the front wheel and Scatman had the rear one, just think what
trouble we could get into @Rockskipper.
Southwest ridge of Van Cott. Wonderful contrast.
A burned Battle Gulch
Some of the ridgeline was spared thanks to a retardant drop
View of the trail that I usually take on the northwest ridge when I summit Van Cott
View up Cephalopod Gulch
The closet that the fire got to the hospital (cancer center). This trail is just west and below the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Heading back to Dry Canyon to close the lollipop loop
Life Flight is landing at the hospital
Looking down at the mouth of Dry Canyon
Somebody has been working on the hoses since I went up
The authorities, making sure no one heads up Dry Canyon
More authorities tell these cyclists that they will have to turn around. By the way, I did that same Salt Lake Century years ago, and
I have the same jersey as the guy on the left.
Storm brewing north of the Avenues Twin Peaks towards the head of City Creek Canyon
And what do we have here? Something was going on at the Shriners' Hospital. Just think Skipper, if you had the wheel and I had
the rear we could get into some big trouble!
They apparently were having a car show at Shriners. Most of the cars were corvettes.
It started to rain so everyone scrambled. Nasty looking to the north.
Heading back home along 11th Ave.
Home sweet home!
The End.
Review Image:
Mount Van Cott is the ridge just east and above the hill with the "U" on it. I'm walking along 11th Ave. to get to the trail.
This is new, some bike lockups and restrooms at Popperton
A deer looking at me through the fence wondering, "What is he doing up so early in the morning?'
The burn line of the Bonneville Fire
Dropping down to the mouth of Dry Canyon
You can see the old Jeep road cut on the side of the hill that I'll be taking most of the way to the summit
A single fire hose running up Dry Canyon
A couple of shots showing how close the Huntsman Cancer Institute is to the burn scar
On the Shoreline Trail, I'll be taking a left at the intersection for the old Jeep road.
Nice contrast
Heading up the hill on the old Jeep road
Looking back down towards Dry Canyon and "U" Hill. The orange you see on "U" Hill is from fire retardant dropped from a plane
The Shoreline Trail was the fire break a little further south.
University of Utah Hospital below
The way to the top
Sumac that didn't make it
A little tuft of burned grass
Bottom burned, top not
I like the contrast
The thistles seemed to come through better than the other plants
Northern Van Cott Trail
Scrub oak on the ridge with its base burned
View down into Dry Canyon where you can see that more retardant was dropped
This gumweed plant survived the fire
A small burned sage
Working my way up the ridge
The summit above
First living animal that I saw - a small beetle crossing the trail
Burned scrub oak on the edge of the ridge
More burned scrub
A tiny burned sage
Charred oak leaves
Silhouette of a Spotted Towhee
And one on the trail in front of me
First view of Black Mountain Ridge
Looking back towards the city
And forward towards the summit
Looking back towards the Dude Benchmark in the distance
A crumpled penstemon
All that was left of the Sego Lilies from last Saturday
Some goldenrod near the summit - some areas near the summit did not burn
Black Mountain Ridge
View down the burned southern ridge of Van Cott
View towards Mount Wire, which was not affected by the fire
The wasp eggs on the oak leaves that didn't burn seemed to have survived
Summit shot
The old trusty tripod and the Canon 5D Mark III
As close as the burn got to the summit
A look at the way that I came up
Burned scrub as I start down into Red Butte Canyon
So overjoyed to see that this little guy survived.
More burned scrub, the fire burned everything off of their branches
Some singed thistle
The trail down into Red Butte Canyon
A look back up towards the summit of Van Cott
One of the south trails up Van Cott
The Van Cott Trail
Some burned lichen
More thistle
Uh-oh, the authorities!
This buckwheat survived
View towards the Red Butte Reservoir and dam
Burned Mule's Ears
This Yarrow survived in a small patch that didn't burn
Bumblebee on a thistle flower
Trail down into Red Butte Canyon
More severely burned trees
Look back up the hill
I ran into some firefighters (Forest Service and local) and they told me that the canyon road was closed and that I'd have to go
around Red Butte to get out.
First time that I have ever seen the gate open into the restricted area
Red Butte Creek
A couple of the local firefighters down on the road
View across the canyon at Van Cott
And towards the water tanks on the side of the hill
Working my way around Red Butte Gardens
Van Cott ridgeline
An Aster
The water tanks again
An old blacksmith shop on Red Butte Garden's property
A second southern trail off of Van Cott
And the third southern trail off of Van Cott near the end of the ridge. It is the steepest of the three.
The burned Mount Van Cott
Contour elevation at the Natural History Museum
West end of Red Butte, and the Natural History Museum above
The hook-and-ladder is after the Scatman! If @TractorDoc had the front wheel and Scatman had the rear one, just think what
trouble we could get into @Rockskipper.
Southwest ridge of Van Cott. Wonderful contrast.
A burned Battle Gulch
Some of the ridgeline was spared thanks to a retardant drop
View of the trail that I usually take on the northwest ridge when I summit Van Cott
View up Cephalopod Gulch
The closet that the fire got to the hospital (cancer center). This trail is just west and below the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Heading back to Dry Canyon to close the lollipop loop
Life Flight is landing at the hospital
Looking down at the mouth of Dry Canyon
Somebody has been working on the hoses since I went up
The authorities, making sure no one heads up Dry Canyon
More authorities tell these cyclists that they will have to turn around. By the way, I did that same Salt Lake Century years ago, and
I have the same jersey as the guy on the left.
Storm brewing north of the Avenues Twin Peaks towards the head of City Creek Canyon
And what do we have here? Something was going on at the Shriners' Hospital. Just think Skipper, if you had the wheel and I had
the rear we could get into some big trouble!
They apparently were having a car show at Shriners. Most of the cars were corvettes.
It started to rain so everyone scrambled. Nasty looking to the north.
Heading back home along 11th Ave.
Home sweet home!
The End.
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