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My first hike of 2016 takes me back up Mount Wire today. It is only 2.3 miles to the top but it took me about fifteen minutes longer in the snow than it does to hike up on a dry trail. The highlights of the hike were: one hawk on my way up, approximately thirty deer along the way and the Mountain Mahogany with snow on them.
Mountain top in a cloud
Just beyond the intersection with the Shoreline Trail
![23935729969_6704938d89_k.jpg 23935729969_6704938d89_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39005-81459e7a6f9a6f2fa46f4687627614ec.jpg)
The trail
![24221036841_a7171914b7_k.jpg 24221036841_a7171914b7_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39006-9f4d14abe55d1ef558bcf9dc9431c862.jpg)
More trail
![24221034671_2546c8cf9c_k.jpg 24221034671_2546c8cf9c_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39007-b18c30f0fb38a1f799cbd9e33fee4b60.jpg)
Looking back down the drainage towards the Salt Lake Valley
![24277391286_fe19475e29_k.jpg 24277391286_fe19475e29_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39008-ea06f3e80059b586fa5186a70c8ee41f.jpg)
A deer laying down in the center of the photo. I saw about twenty deer along the south facing slope of Red Butte Ridge
![23676699223_0d1ee09b39_k.jpg 23676699223_0d1ee09b39_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39009-9554c59a28c489bbc8f5fdecdae137f9.jpg)
Looking up towards the false summit
Looking down into Red Butte Canyon
![23675292334_48d38514e2_k.jpg 23675292334_48d38514e2_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39011-662a2754bad68308bfb8015ca150eaf6.jpg)
Small patch of light lightens the Black Mountain Ridge towards Lookout Peak
Gorgeous snow covered Mountain Mahogany
More Mountain Mahogany
Barely make out the old beacon in the cloud
Getting close to the top
Made it! The old airplane beacon on top of Mount Wire
View of Parley's Ridge. Grandeur Peak on the Millcreek Ridge can be seen through the clouds in the upper right. You couldn't see down into the Salt lake Valley from the top due to cloud cover.
More Mountain Mahogany on the way down
![23935642189_6b031cc885_k.jpg 23935642189_6b031cc885_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39019-601ba4185e425a0d72b9c6349ee494fe.jpg)
The sun peeked out just a bit for this Mountain Mahogany shot.
Shot of the ridge to the south of Red Butte Canyon on my way down, getting close to the end.
![IMG_6276.JPG IMG_6276.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39003-c64cba7bfa9ee53f4440e67d3aca86c2.jpg)
![23675358924_8cf4193dd8_k.jpg 23675358924_8cf4193dd8_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39004-aa5796ad0ed32b82e934d955dfd06928.jpg)
![23935729969_6704938d89_k.jpg 23935729969_6704938d89_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39005-81459e7a6f9a6f2fa46f4687627614ec.jpg)
The trail
![24221036841_a7171914b7_k.jpg 24221036841_a7171914b7_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39006-9f4d14abe55d1ef558bcf9dc9431c862.jpg)
More trail
![24221034671_2546c8cf9c_k.jpg 24221034671_2546c8cf9c_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39007-b18c30f0fb38a1f799cbd9e33fee4b60.jpg)
Looking back down the drainage towards the Salt Lake Valley
![24277391286_fe19475e29_k.jpg 24277391286_fe19475e29_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39008-ea06f3e80059b586fa5186a70c8ee41f.jpg)
A deer laying down in the center of the photo. I saw about twenty deer along the south facing slope of Red Butte Ridge
![23676699223_0d1ee09b39_k.jpg 23676699223_0d1ee09b39_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39009-9554c59a28c489bbc8f5fdecdae137f9.jpg)
Looking up towards the false summit
![24303516345_4cdcd8ddd9_k.jpg 24303516345_4cdcd8ddd9_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39010-7f9a577fb8500d047fd3956069199728.jpg)
![23675292334_48d38514e2_k.jpg 23675292334_48d38514e2_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39011-662a2754bad68308bfb8015ca150eaf6.jpg)
Small patch of light lightens the Black Mountain Ridge towards Lookout Peak
![24007921080_5a46a37acf_k.jpg 24007921080_5a46a37acf_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39012-cc01a16758a5cf14e08acf8f1cea9f31.jpg)
![24195307882_a16e76ada5_k.jpg 24195307882_a16e76ada5_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39013-dcc60ca2dac92cfe0b770bc9eeab9dad.jpg)
![24303495965_080e327e1e_k.jpg 24303495965_080e327e1e_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39014-11b4159f4f731662eea922942c2ae14b.jpg)
![24277340126_d9b31aef68_k.jpg 24277340126_d9b31aef68_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39015-416204ccb0d6c37123f6032a280eaf81.jpg)
![23935654209_6a5b0a32fd_k.jpg 23935654209_6a5b0a32fd_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39016-869785a7e665324f31efde20ba38b6a4.jpg)
![23935655219_74a6f38119_k.jpg 23935655219_74a6f38119_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39017-843f11ada5623a39a8ecdd692b8b7508.jpg)
![24195282162_e4759499ad_k.jpg 24195282162_e4759499ad_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39018-51ea317b7c0460633d68d07c162f150d.jpg)
![23935642189_6b031cc885_k.jpg 23935642189_6b031cc885_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39019-601ba4185e425a0d72b9c6349ee494fe.jpg)
The sun peeked out just a bit for this Mountain Mahogany shot.
![24303470635_fa50f02574_k.jpg 24303470635_fa50f02574_k.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/39/39020-b4d44cd54b1efbea9a7abbdc58bfc9a4.jpg)
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