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After snowshoeing along the south ridge of City Creek last week, I was pretty much obligated to hit the north side this weekend.
An inversion has set in here across the Salt lake Valley, so it was nice to get up above it for a few hours at least.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118444-3787862991957b27f635273d0f022c61.jpg)
Sheila joined me on this one
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118445-19d7ae814a3f7269317a57d4f376816a.jpg)
Passing Ensign Peak
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118446-8ea3056796de39d746bbb9215526ceab.jpg)
Heading to the top of the ridge.
You'll notice at this point that there is a squiggly little line in my shots. I think it might be one of those Chinese surveillance balloons. Not the round kind, but more like the party balloons that folks with some talent can make animals out of. Why would the Chinese want to follow me?
I am pretty sure that @Rockskipper put them up to it. ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I must confess at this point, that I didn't have my camera on the maximum resolution setting, and I forgot to auto rotate my images, so I had to go in and rotate all the verticle shots. And it might pay dividends to clean the lens before heading out! Geez! I'm going to have to have @TractorDoc slap me around a bit to get me back on the straight and narrow. We can't have these kind of mental breakdowns along Thorofare Creek, or going over Majo Pass, or heading down Turner Fork!![Mad :mad: :mad:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Okay, back to the report.
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118447-a0ac87b749438fb2dd74c991d9ff3f82.jpg)
Old sunflower?
![04b.jpg 04b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118448-b5c8047ce34366af2d958c8220ec5f4a.jpg)
Still trying to get that perfect picture. It would probably help if the settings were correct.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118449-541f6301148dfa30bf514030773942b2.jpg)
A couple more hills to climb
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118450-2d06fb63fe3cdb9d39e15a4796c7bfc5.jpg)
Hill climbing. The Oquirrhs in the distance across the hazy valley
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118451-55c4d2acac0324054a71e6b05356ed28.jpg)
Wind swept ridgeline
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118452-6468bce94a41ffeefe4f2a4e17098861.jpg)
Elk scat. I can't believe all the elk sign in the foothills this winter.
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118453-683a25da248dc39f9a2a47ddb0383a7c.jpg)
Good shot of the inverted valley with the Oquirrhs in the distance
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118454-aaaa56c40591d0b40f3e8194c1fd8c60.jpg)
Hill number three.
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118455-3ba362d303d183bc89673338a0d725c8.jpg)
Taking in a gorgeous view of City Creek Canyon
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118456-ed5da25ed0641a244eabf36b390fddd4.jpg)
Time for the snowshoes
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118457-f23080bcb9dfda3d683cf3a24e07cdfb.jpg)
Sheila, inversion, and Lone Peak
![13b.jpg 13b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118458-5888b84ee565cc30e30eb930eb53429a.jpg)
Snowshoeing along the ridge
These next shots are views from where we stopped to eat some lunch
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118459-6d0560528f89ddc779bc4b78cf550319.jpg)
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118460-27fd540255d88b9dd25f14266645b795.jpg)
![15b.jpg 15b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118461-0488d6278200b9e1e207cc7dd719892d.jpg)
![15c.jpg 15c.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118462-2d788dbfcc434b1736952913602515d3.jpg)
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118463-d775025e6bd3ce23b169720d654c0ab9.jpg)
Lunch shot
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118464-3356aae5ee386b7a65261c0c8dd36375.jpg)
Antelope Island above the inversion
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118465-003dd424d949aa51cc043416e4b2f968.jpg)
Heading back down
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118466-bcf38f96e02281b8194cfcec25b0b302.jpg)
Moose tracks - quite the gate.
![18b.jpg 18b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118467-3abdd98b71e82489dc068a833cbd93f4.jpg)
More moose tracks coming off the hillside - maybe the same moose.
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118468-f085bbc689c3b0610a016a9b95bfcc2c.jpg)
Trail through the scrub oak
The End.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118444-3787862991957b27f635273d0f022c61.jpg)
Sheila joined me on this one
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118445-19d7ae814a3f7269317a57d4f376816a.jpg)
Passing Ensign Peak
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118446-8ea3056796de39d746bbb9215526ceab.jpg)
Heading to the top of the ridge.
You'll notice at this point that there is a squiggly little line in my shots. I think it might be one of those Chinese surveillance balloons. Not the round kind, but more like the party balloons that folks with some talent can make animals out of. Why would the Chinese want to follow me?
I must confess at this point, that I didn't have my camera on the maximum resolution setting, and I forgot to auto rotate my images, so I had to go in and rotate all the verticle shots. And it might pay dividends to clean the lens before heading out! Geez! I'm going to have to have @TractorDoc slap me around a bit to get me back on the straight and narrow. We can't have these kind of mental breakdowns along Thorofare Creek, or going over Majo Pass, or heading down Turner Fork!
Okay, back to the report.
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118447-a0ac87b749438fb2dd74c991d9ff3f82.jpg)
Old sunflower?
![04b.jpg 04b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118448-b5c8047ce34366af2d958c8220ec5f4a.jpg)
Still trying to get that perfect picture. It would probably help if the settings were correct.
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118449-541f6301148dfa30bf514030773942b2.jpg)
A couple more hills to climb
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118450-2d06fb63fe3cdb9d39e15a4796c7bfc5.jpg)
Hill climbing. The Oquirrhs in the distance across the hazy valley
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118451-55c4d2acac0324054a71e6b05356ed28.jpg)
Wind swept ridgeline
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118452-6468bce94a41ffeefe4f2a4e17098861.jpg)
Elk scat. I can't believe all the elk sign in the foothills this winter.
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118453-683a25da248dc39f9a2a47ddb0383a7c.jpg)
Good shot of the inverted valley with the Oquirrhs in the distance
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118454-aaaa56c40591d0b40f3e8194c1fd8c60.jpg)
Hill number three.
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118455-3ba362d303d183bc89673338a0d725c8.jpg)
Taking in a gorgeous view of City Creek Canyon
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118456-ed5da25ed0641a244eabf36b390fddd4.jpg)
Time for the snowshoes
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118457-f23080bcb9dfda3d683cf3a24e07cdfb.jpg)
Sheila, inversion, and Lone Peak
![13b.jpg 13b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118458-5888b84ee565cc30e30eb930eb53429a.jpg)
Snowshoeing along the ridge
These next shots are views from where we stopped to eat some lunch
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118459-6d0560528f89ddc779bc4b78cf550319.jpg)
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118460-27fd540255d88b9dd25f14266645b795.jpg)
![15b.jpg 15b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118461-0488d6278200b9e1e207cc7dd719892d.jpg)
![15c.jpg 15c.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118462-2d788dbfcc434b1736952913602515d3.jpg)
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118463-d775025e6bd3ce23b169720d654c0ab9.jpg)
Lunch shot
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118464-3356aae5ee386b7a65261c0c8dd36375.jpg)
Antelope Island above the inversion
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118465-003dd424d949aa51cc043416e4b2f968.jpg)
Heading back down
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118466-bcf38f96e02281b8194cfcec25b0b302.jpg)
Moose tracks - quite the gate.
![18b.jpg 18b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118467-3abdd98b71e82489dc068a833cbd93f4.jpg)
More moose tracks coming off the hillside - maybe the same moose.
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/118/118468-f085bbc689c3b0610a016a9b95bfcc2c.jpg)
Trail through the scrub oak
The End.