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I started out with micro-spikes on this hike, but soon switched over to snowshoes as I began to sink in quite a bit. That should make @kwc happy.
I read this past week that we are having the best winter in twenty years here in SLC, and I won't argue with that. We have had storm after storm roll through this winter.
Getting ready at the trailhead
I loved this shot. A little patch of blue sky behind the summit of Mount Wire to the southeast
Deer tracks coming off the hill
The sun popped out for a bit, and it caused me to overheat.
Beginning to work my way around the Avenues Twin Peaks. The snow is deep on the west side of the two peaks
Shoreline Trail
Off the Shoreline Trail and heading towards the North Avenues Twin Peak
A lone sagebrush as I climb the ridge
First view down into City Creek
Storming at the top of Black Mountain
The Dude Benchmark across City Creek
The summit of Burro Peak is in the clouds
Lichens
Dark clouds moving in
One other person had made they way along the ridge
Mount Wire to the southeast
Stansbury Island in the sunshine to the west
Those trees on the north slope of Black Mountain look cold
Snowshoes and poles shot
Looking back at the Avenues Twin Peaks, with the Oquirrh Mountains in sunlight across
the Salt Lake Valley
Another shot looking back, but not zoomed in this time
Sunlit Antelope Island and Frary Peak just over the north ridge of City Creek Canyon
My nose might be running in this one.
Interesting clouds on my way back
Another shot of the Oquirrhs across the valley
Hmmm............................... I guess a good winter can be bad for the deer
Back at the Jeep, and @Rockskipper, I may need a smooth Tennessee Whiskey after this one. See if you can have Price send me up
their finest.
The End.
Getting ready at the trailhead
I loved this shot. A little patch of blue sky behind the summit of Mount Wire to the southeast
Deer tracks coming off the hill
The sun popped out for a bit, and it caused me to overheat.
Beginning to work my way around the Avenues Twin Peaks. The snow is deep on the west side of the two peaks
Shoreline Trail
Off the Shoreline Trail and heading towards the North Avenues Twin Peak
A lone sagebrush as I climb the ridge
First view down into City Creek
Storming at the top of Black Mountain
The Dude Benchmark across City Creek
The summit of Burro Peak is in the clouds
Lichens
Dark clouds moving in
One other person had made they way along the ridge
Mount Wire to the southeast
Stansbury Island in the sunshine to the west
Those trees on the north slope of Black Mountain look cold
Snowshoes and poles shot
Looking back at the Avenues Twin Peaks, with the Oquirrh Mountains in sunlight across
the Salt Lake Valley
Another shot looking back, but not zoomed in this time
Sunlit Antelope Island and Frary Peak just over the north ridge of City Creek Canyon
My nose might be running in this one.
Interesting clouds on my way back
Another shot of the Oquirrhs across the valley
Hmmm............................... I guess a good winter can be bad for the deer
Back at the Jeep, and @Rockskipper, I may need a smooth Tennessee Whiskey after this one. See if you can have Price send me up
their finest.
The End.