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As far as knee testing is concerned, Mount Wire is a step up from what I've been doing, and so the family headed up this morning to see if I could make it or not. My knees were pretty sore after the descent.
Overview map of our hike - roughly a 2100 foot elevation gain to the top. We headed up George's Hollow and came back down the ridge
Just off the trailhead
Looking back across Research Park towards downtown SLC
Arrowleaf balsamroot is blooming now at the lower elevations in the foothills
My two hiking partners for the day
First sighting of vetch this year
Desert Alyssum
Long-leafed phlax
Mount Wire / Living Room Trail
This oak leaf has seen better days
Remnant of last years aster
Which way did he go? Katie posing with Mount Wire as a backdrop
A busy trail this morning with most people heading to the Living Room
A bush pea
Looking back down George's Hollow towards Research Park and beyond
The trail to Mount Wire after the junction with the trail that heads up to the Living Room
More Trail
Upper Red Butte Canyon and Lookout Mountain in the distance
Sheila makes it to the saddle
Stickseed
Salt lake City with Red Butte in the foreground
Looking over at the summit of Mount Van Cott which was our destination last week
The steep part of our hike today
The University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute tucked in beyond Red Butte
Katie is making me look silly today. Damn youth!
Once again, my favorite mountain mahogany
The beacon!
A Utah violet
An old muley from last spring
View out the Mount Wire Ridge
What the Hell @regehr ! They have put a bench on top of Wire!
Sheila about at the summit
The Scat family on the summit
On the way up
Howdy from the top of the beacon
Here you go @Rockskipper .
Taking a picture of the picture-taker below
Coming down for me was no easy task. I had to remember to put my bad knee down
first for each step.
Beacon Hill bench mark
My snacks up top - fig newton and some pumpkin seeds.
View from the bench
Heading back down
Spring parsley
Some prickly pear
Some furry scat on our way down. That is a 77mm lens cap for scale. Anybody have a guess?
Katie still out ahead
Lots of snail shells on this hike
Sheila, making her way down the ridge
These balsamroots had insects on them
This rocky outcrop along the ridge is famous for rattlesnakes. We saw a small one, about as big around as my pointer finger, but it
slithered back into a hole in the rocks before I could get my camera off of my shoulder to take its picture. My first sighting of a
rattlesnake in March.
Some antelope bitter brush in bloom
And Utah service berry
Afternoon shot of Mount Wire and the route that we desecnded
Dandelion
Back at the Sube!
The End.
Overview map of our hike - roughly a 2100 foot elevation gain to the top. We headed up George's Hollow and came back down the ridge
Just off the trailhead
Looking back across Research Park towards downtown SLC
Arrowleaf balsamroot is blooming now at the lower elevations in the foothills
My two hiking partners for the day
First sighting of vetch this year
Desert Alyssum
Long-leafed phlax
Mount Wire / Living Room Trail
This oak leaf has seen better days
Remnant of last years aster
Which way did he go? Katie posing with Mount Wire as a backdrop
A busy trail this morning with most people heading to the Living Room
A bush pea
Looking back down George's Hollow towards Research Park and beyond
The trail to Mount Wire after the junction with the trail that heads up to the Living Room
More Trail
Upper Red Butte Canyon and Lookout Mountain in the distance
Sheila makes it to the saddle
Stickseed
Salt lake City with Red Butte in the foreground
Looking over at the summit of Mount Van Cott which was our destination last week
The steep part of our hike today
The University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute tucked in beyond Red Butte
Katie is making me look silly today. Damn youth!
Once again, my favorite mountain mahogany
The beacon!
A Utah violet
An old muley from last spring
View out the Mount Wire Ridge
What the Hell @regehr ! They have put a bench on top of Wire!
Sheila about at the summit
The Scat family on the summit
On the way up
Howdy from the top of the beacon
Here you go @Rockskipper .
Taking a picture of the picture-taker below
Coming down for me was no easy task. I had to remember to put my bad knee down
first for each step.
Beacon Hill bench mark
My snacks up top - fig newton and some pumpkin seeds.
View from the bench
Heading back down
Spring parsley
Some prickly pear
Some furry scat on our way down. That is a 77mm lens cap for scale. Anybody have a guess?
Katie still out ahead
Lots of snail shells on this hike
Sheila, making her way down the ridge
These balsamroots had insects on them
This rocky outcrop along the ridge is famous for rattlesnakes. We saw a small one, about as big around as my pointer finger, but it
slithered back into a hole in the rocks before I could get my camera off of my shoulder to take its picture. My first sighting of a
rattlesnake in March.
Some antelope bitter brush in bloom
And Utah service berry
Afternoon shot of Mount Wire and the route that we desecnded
Dandelion
Back at the Sube!
The End.
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