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Hard to believe that it has already been three years since I last hiked Parley's Ridge, but it has. The hike has changed a bit since the last time I did it, due to a gated community being built at what used to be the trails end. This slight inconvenience adds roughly 2.5 miles to the total distance, as you have to hoof it on the Shoreline Trail a ways to get back to the new trailhead.
My daughter and I started at the top of Emigration Canyon, about 6:45 am and headed west, first summitting Dale Peak on the eastern side of the ridge. After Dale, we made our way west towards Perkins Peak. Once we reached Perkins, we stopped and ate our lunches before continuing on. After Perkins Peak comes the scramble section of the hike, along with some bushwhacking when it wasn't exactly clear where the trail goes.
All in all, it was a good hike. It took us 8 hours and 57 minutes to complete, which included a break on Dale's Peak, lunch on Perkins Peak, and one more short break before we headed off the ridge and down to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Conditions were smoky, from the fires in Canada so visibility wasn't the best. Wildflowers were in bloom along the entire route, once again with balsamroot down low, and glacier lilies higher up. I thought that we would see more larkspur, but we only saw a few plants near our starting point, and a few more down along the Shoreline Trail.
This was a hike that featured the horny toad, so you'll get to see all the shots I took of them along our way. I think we encountered fourteen of them.
Also, the cameras we took were the Canon EOS 40D, a Canon Powershot SX730 HS, and last but not least, a Canon Powershot SD100. Now speaking of cameras, I had the 40D clipped to my day pack's shoulder strap, and I was foolish enough to not take the camera strap off, which meant that I would take two steps ahead and then one step back as the strap caught on a branch of scrub oak and pulled me back.
I was cussing like a sailor before too long.
No one ever said that I was the brightest bulb in the package.
I thought @Rockpskipper was supposed to remind me to take the strap off, but I think she's off buying some camper or something and it probably just slipped her mind. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121159-ae41f493eed6e04c254caf0295a5742e.jpg)
Ready for a fine day on the ridge
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About as good a shot as I could get across Parleys Canyon with the smoky conditions, looking towards Mount Aire
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121161-87c98dfe59101848a51bfae15590d46a.jpg)
Spotted stickseed was common along the route
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121162-05b9ac6e841bf63a87fcb4b78f453a17.jpg)
As was ball-head waterleaf
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121163-af2e3aa48023f1583f9fb05b3c4a56d8.jpg)
A few deer early on
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121164-d9bfd9ec7a6c078c8e815c035462ee19.jpg)
Vetch was common too
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121165-35841acb899874e038c70c7b8bcca311.jpg)
More vetch
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121166-6e6c14754d7b3c0eb3e9f7fb101211d0.jpg)
The old Jeep road will lead us to the base of Dale Peak
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121167-905b8c076d032e2410a767a95e72e568.jpg)
The road to Grandeur.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121168-11843c0be4cf46d0673157009f840950.jpg)
The knees didn't want to cooperate on the way up to Dale
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121169-2209198b9dd54efadc4b3cc8b5666e02.jpg)
Dale Peak ahead
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121170-845d4f1f44f0dce646bdf21d6935eb22.jpg)
A bumble bee enjoying itself
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121171-843f0d60002bb4a26442c8e690029ae4.jpg)
Larkspur - one of only a few plants that we saw
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121172-aea59bda183a26002b59c78388704e4c.jpg)
A western tanager, with Grandeur Peak summit as a backdrop, and Mount Olympus even further in the distance
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121173-ce799352b54d1b4659d2b961808d2a85.jpg)
A look back the other way through the smoke, towards Grandview Peak
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121174-eadf8a7ed19a4325b4e8734b3987f970.jpg)
Glacier Lily
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121175-bd74083254579e21cf6f406723fcddfc.jpg)
Spring beauties
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121176-75ce3391db9a58454e1474f5e4f33806.jpg)
The first of many horned lizards
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121177-3edef9867926c219fbb168a2dbad2e39.jpg)
Looking back towards Little Dell Reservoir
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121178-a5837a1e084e60cd1fdadf0c8a43397d.jpg)
Another horned lizard
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121179-7821d96b7cbce9dbcfec89ea35af8864.jpg)
More glacier lilies
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121180-2b52c51f478354cfee88ae0accf61089.jpg)
And you guessed it, more horny toads
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121181-ecf738378490071641963361bd9d6dab.jpg)
Approaching the summit of Dale Peak
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121182-95ada5cee147d7cb32468868602e7265.jpg)
I think i can, I think I can.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121183-e186bfe5d6d0ff8ffd71a4df5cd850a1.jpg)
A little slippery, but no too bad
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121184-8d195cd8649cff77f929879a8f0e5dc5.jpg)
View to the west from Dale's Peak, and the route we will be taking after a snack break on Dale.
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121185-59ad48d945b9be9b31bdc3bcbb1fd985.jpg)
Time for a snack
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121186-55a4c050553ebe58e9772af17d9c7351.jpg)
And a summit picture
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121187-85192dd1cd1d98527e3d7c99f298acae.jpg)
Low cryptantha
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121188-be1289ac83af77ce8d5737032d80bc52.jpg)
Another toad
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121189-82a73f49a51ebe390cf19d49e29626b1.jpg)
Heading west from Dale's Peak at this point. Can see Perkins Peak towards the upper left of the image
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121190-4c67c8fe8e6d83336c8f6754ec28c0fd.jpg)
A normal lizard for a change
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121191-bcece4388a072c754a56253b474ede08.jpg)
Perkins just above
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121192-d610c3a5a2f4c261c016f904988d7f99.jpg)
Couldn't go long without one of these.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121193-fb5f78b52aac21a494a6ee8353cc7935.jpg)
Arrowleaf balsamroot
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121194-899f60053b0b1c3a2ca84a071eca95d6.jpg)
Looks like an opening in the scrub oak where elk had bed down
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121195-b7efb206675a68bfdabc76df74161bdd.jpg)
Perkins Peak - Let the bushwhacking begin
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121196-c8222ee442eb855c64aa42655a7952a6.jpg)
The Beacon on top of Mount Wire, across Parley's Canyon, through the haze
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121197-8004bb7dec0bea0ed0c600a5bb87b360.jpg)
And what do we have here?![Scatman :scatman: :scatman:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121198-ae65c5ba959ddc7a28cd92f5eabcfa89.jpg)
Bushwhacking to the top. I'm ready for some lunch.
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121199-368a2c28938649bb0b85807114ba16ae.jpg)
Elk scat, and nasty camera strap.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121200-0c29c968125a62abf2a2321c0a6ea5d7.jpg)
Did I say earlier that I was ready for lunch? Pace has slowed to a crawl.
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121201-0dfeced29cdfcecd52e10b6222b804bc.jpg)
The actual high point of the ridge, with Grandview beyond
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121202-18b27e1d697ec1299a12292f068a531d.jpg)
Lunch time! And you know what that means don't you? Hardtack! I had to soak this one for 22 minutes before I could enjoy it!![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121203-fbda88b392b5bd44fca8fdf20b3edd50.jpg)
A visitor for lunch, a spotless lady beetle just might want some hardtack
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121204-4a925449fdb70e3aba5f84387ced1105.jpg)
Perkins Peak summit shot
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121205-dd3230deff43bd86ea1e22d209ed7446.jpg)
The rest of the ridge to the west of Perkins, with the scrambling section ahead.
![48.jpg 48.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121206-17a11d1ef2c72153df5720b055ac2ffd.jpg)
Making our way through the scramble zone
![49.jpg 49.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121207-ff0034dd968850e4530ceb5622851156.jpg)
Scatman's pace has slowed to a snails crawl at this point
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121208-0244a6383ad588660459a8ef55c015d0.jpg)
Heading back to the top of the ridge, I think.
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121209-156aa1c4bc6f3e3d35d716db84d33111.jpg)
Whew! the end of scrambling.
![52.jpg 52.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121210-e3ad071926a1873658afe942cb33902a.jpg)
Looking back on the scramble section
![53.jpg 53.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121211-f97f55529fc359bd378edb1bb7ce7c38.jpg)
Katie posing with Perkins next to her left arm. We've made some progress since lunch.
![54.jpg 54.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121212-5eb637a31d1c7214d49618d97a4c1252.jpg)
A Utah violet
![55.jpg 55.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121213-b14d6a1fd9082647997ccbf101982fa8.jpg)
Looking across Parley's Canyon again, with I-80 below and Grandeur and Church Fork
Peaks on the opposite side, and Gobbler's Knob and Mount Raymond in the far distance.
![56.jpg 56.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121214-638bb81a0e66afdd908d08c3e87a3b8f.jpg)
This little guy was doing pushups on the oak branch, regulating his heat. The day was beginning to get pretty hot.
![57.jpg 57.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121215-4c525fefb183f6dc938665b4610b170a.jpg)
Not out of the bushwhacking business just yet. Our fortunes were about to change for
the better though.
![58.jpg 58.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121216-1f8c0d87efdd664aea91596faba2de3a.jpg)
Looking back on where we'd come from, with Perkins Peak in the upper center of the image and Dale Peak below it in the distance
![59.jpg 59.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121217-27db0b3bf0e5f76465b90b89b48ef108.jpg)
Service berry
![60.jpg 60.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121218-d02fdf5dead920ed9a4ea04647d01c7b.jpg)
Back on trail with a miserable view of the valley below
![61.jpg 61.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121219-dd8945bd5ac0e883160f2aa3f16e8be2.jpg)
A view up Parley's with Mount Aire in the distance
![62.jpg 62.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121220-068f289e2533db46bb31ee634ae442e4.jpg)
I know, you haven't had enough of Grandeur yet.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![63.jpg 63.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121221-31c893c4bb764449ed90f3e1d6d593cd.jpg)
Praying mantis egg sack perhaps?
![64.jpg 64.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121222-a1047a6881d15106cb4dd66a2778c6a0.jpg)
First paintbrush of the hike
![65.jpg 65.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121223-ae4cfae14cc69194809258798595213f.jpg)
Ah, the Shoreline Trail below. A hot walk back up that to the Jeep for sure.
![66.jpg 66.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121224-72a3f37482be88d9ed673b0bedf4bfee.jpg)
A hillside full of arrowleaf balsamroot almost made me forget about the smoky air.
![67.jpg 67.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121225-5e278b07dbe49857b16c576de82f6e7e.jpg)
Longleaf phlox
![68.jpg 68.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121226-e29f0d2865f2b13cbc3b71e276a9a7ff.jpg)
Vetch
![69.jpg 69.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121227-e197b638555102eca86f3bf4004174a7.jpg)
On the Shoreline Trail with 2.5 miles to the Jeep. It felt like it was 90 degree, and looking up an unnamed draw where we were
earlier.
![70.jpg 70.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121229-fbee7b294c0aea40f7c4e4aa195ece63.jpg)
Fleabane
![71.jpg 71.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121230-504d149b1536bee09d7e86423d028dd5.jpg)
Pencil Point above
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More phlox
![73.jpg 73.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121232-9570282dcd1179a3ddfa70d41edb0799.jpg)
Honeysuckle? Near trails end.
![75.jpg 75.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121233-76b5893afca4a60a5e227f008b99f99a.jpg)
Evening primrose
![76'.jpg 76'.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121234-7e8df9090286c47e8648091680ebf071.jpg)
Back at the Jeep - For @TractorDoc
![77.jpg 77.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121235-695c58779d0199d699bf51999ce68fd9.jpg)
In celebration of the accomplishment, a combination pizza
![78.jpg 78.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121236-94eb1064db7c527e18c56750504d8af1.jpg)
And my last Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout
![79.jpg 79.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121237-eb039483e966ccab94d4f2d174e89e50.jpg)
Eat, drink and be merry.
The End.
My daughter and I started at the top of Emigration Canyon, about 6:45 am and headed west, first summitting Dale Peak on the eastern side of the ridge. After Dale, we made our way west towards Perkins Peak. Once we reached Perkins, we stopped and ate our lunches before continuing on. After Perkins Peak comes the scramble section of the hike, along with some bushwhacking when it wasn't exactly clear where the trail goes.
All in all, it was a good hike. It took us 8 hours and 57 minutes to complete, which included a break on Dale's Peak, lunch on Perkins Peak, and one more short break before we headed off the ridge and down to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Conditions were smoky, from the fires in Canada so visibility wasn't the best. Wildflowers were in bloom along the entire route, once again with balsamroot down low, and glacier lilies higher up. I thought that we would see more larkspur, but we only saw a few plants near our starting point, and a few more down along the Shoreline Trail.
This was a hike that featured the horny toad, so you'll get to see all the shots I took of them along our way. I think we encountered fourteen of them.
Also, the cameras we took were the Canon EOS 40D, a Canon Powershot SX730 HS, and last but not least, a Canon Powershot SD100. Now speaking of cameras, I had the 40D clipped to my day pack's shoulder strap, and I was foolish enough to not take the camera strap off, which meant that I would take two steps ahead and then one step back as the strap caught on a branch of scrub oak and pulled me back.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121159-ae41f493eed6e04c254caf0295a5742e.jpg)
Ready for a fine day on the ridge
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121160-b081721a7ee7c1e9734e79cf5d2bb352.jpg)
About as good a shot as I could get across Parleys Canyon with the smoky conditions, looking towards Mount Aire
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121161-87c98dfe59101848a51bfae15590d46a.jpg)
Spotted stickseed was common along the route
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121162-05b9ac6e841bf63a87fcb4b78f453a17.jpg)
As was ball-head waterleaf
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121163-af2e3aa48023f1583f9fb05b3c4a56d8.jpg)
A few deer early on
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121164-d9bfd9ec7a6c078c8e815c035462ee19.jpg)
Vetch was common too
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121165-35841acb899874e038c70c7b8bcca311.jpg)
More vetch
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121166-6e6c14754d7b3c0eb3e9f7fb101211d0.jpg)
The old Jeep road will lead us to the base of Dale Peak
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121167-905b8c076d032e2410a767a95e72e568.jpg)
The road to Grandeur.
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121168-11843c0be4cf46d0673157009f840950.jpg)
The knees didn't want to cooperate on the way up to Dale
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121169-2209198b9dd54efadc4b3cc8b5666e02.jpg)
Dale Peak ahead
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121170-845d4f1f44f0dce646bdf21d6935eb22.jpg)
A bumble bee enjoying itself
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121171-843f0d60002bb4a26442c8e690029ae4.jpg)
Larkspur - one of only a few plants that we saw
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121172-aea59bda183a26002b59c78388704e4c.jpg)
A western tanager, with Grandeur Peak summit as a backdrop, and Mount Olympus even further in the distance
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121173-ce799352b54d1b4659d2b961808d2a85.jpg)
A look back the other way through the smoke, towards Grandview Peak
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121174-eadf8a7ed19a4325b4e8734b3987f970.jpg)
Glacier Lily
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121175-bd74083254579e21cf6f406723fcddfc.jpg)
Spring beauties
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121176-75ce3391db9a58454e1474f5e4f33806.jpg)
The first of many horned lizards
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121177-3edef9867926c219fbb168a2dbad2e39.jpg)
Looking back towards Little Dell Reservoir
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121178-a5837a1e084e60cd1fdadf0c8a43397d.jpg)
Another horned lizard
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121179-7821d96b7cbce9dbcfec89ea35af8864.jpg)
More glacier lilies
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121180-2b52c51f478354cfee88ae0accf61089.jpg)
And you guessed it, more horny toads
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121181-ecf738378490071641963361bd9d6dab.jpg)
Approaching the summit of Dale Peak
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121182-95ada5cee147d7cb32468868602e7265.jpg)
I think i can, I think I can.
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121183-e186bfe5d6d0ff8ffd71a4df5cd850a1.jpg)
A little slippery, but no too bad
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121184-8d195cd8649cff77f929879a8f0e5dc5.jpg)
View to the west from Dale's Peak, and the route we will be taking after a snack break on Dale.
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121185-59ad48d945b9be9b31bdc3bcbb1fd985.jpg)
Time for a snack
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121186-55a4c050553ebe58e9772af17d9c7351.jpg)
And a summit picture
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Low cryptantha
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Another toad
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Heading west from Dale's Peak at this point. Can see Perkins Peak towards the upper left of the image
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A normal lizard for a change
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Perkins just above
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Couldn't go long without one of these.
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Arrowleaf balsamroot
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Looks like an opening in the scrub oak where elk had bed down
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Perkins Peak - Let the bushwhacking begin
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The Beacon on top of Mount Wire, across Parley's Canyon, through the haze
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And what do we have here?
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Bushwhacking to the top. I'm ready for some lunch.
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Elk scat, and nasty camera strap.
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Did I say earlier that I was ready for lunch? Pace has slowed to a crawl.
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The actual high point of the ridge, with Grandview beyond
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Lunch time! And you know what that means don't you? Hardtack! I had to soak this one for 22 minutes before I could enjoy it!
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A visitor for lunch, a spotless lady beetle just might want some hardtack
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Perkins Peak summit shot
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The rest of the ridge to the west of Perkins, with the scrambling section ahead.
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Making our way through the scramble zone
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Scatman's pace has slowed to a snails crawl at this point
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Heading back to the top of the ridge, I think.
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Whew! the end of scrambling.
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Looking back on the scramble section
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Katie posing with Perkins next to her left arm. We've made some progress since lunch.
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A Utah violet
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Looking across Parley's Canyon again, with I-80 below and Grandeur and Church Fork
Peaks on the opposite side, and Gobbler's Knob and Mount Raymond in the far distance.
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This little guy was doing pushups on the oak branch, regulating his heat. The day was beginning to get pretty hot.
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Not out of the bushwhacking business just yet. Our fortunes were about to change for
the better though.
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Looking back on where we'd come from, with Perkins Peak in the upper center of the image and Dale Peak below it in the distance
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Service berry
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Back on trail with a miserable view of the valley below
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A view up Parley's with Mount Aire in the distance
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I know, you haven't had enough of Grandeur yet.
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Praying mantis egg sack perhaps?
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First paintbrush of the hike
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Ah, the Shoreline Trail below. A hot walk back up that to the Jeep for sure.
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A hillside full of arrowleaf balsamroot almost made me forget about the smoky air.
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Longleaf phlox
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Vetch
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On the Shoreline Trail with 2.5 miles to the Jeep. It felt like it was 90 degree, and looking up an unnamed draw where we were
earlier.
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Fleabane
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Pencil Point above
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More phlox
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Honeysuckle? Near trails end.
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Evening primrose
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Back at the Jeep - For @TractorDoc
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In celebration of the accomplishment, a combination pizza
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And my last Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout
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Eat, drink and be merry.
The End.
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