Scott Chandler
Wildness is a necessity- John Muir
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After working a couple tours in the Cloud Peak Wilderness I had a six day weekend. I originally had plans to backpack in the Wind River Range with my friend Richard from Salt Lake... until we checked the forecast. Every mountain range in the state of Wyoming was slated to have thunderstorms. Oh yeah, so did the Uintas. I'll backpack in the rain when backpacking isn't my job, but that isn't now. So instead I just doubled my drive and hung out in SLC with Rich.
While SLC has been my non-summer home for the past three years, I've done very little hiking around the city. There has usually been snow or school in the way. So I got to do a couple things I'd wanted to do but never had. Our first hike was to Sunset Peak from Albion Basin. I'd summited the peak from Brighton but not from Alta. It was nice with flowers blooming and dynamic skies.
After summiting Sunset and having a small world moment by meeting Wasatch-Cache wilderness rangers who lived near the Bighorns, Richard and I headed towards Devil's Castle to see what we would see. We ended up going up a steep slope to a saddle east of the Castle and summiting "Ladybug Love Peak" named for all the ladybugs at the top. It is neat how slightly different angles change the view dramatically.
The day after our Alta hike, Richard and I went for the high point of Stansbury Island. Probably not smart for a 100 degree day, but we suffered up and made it. Part of why I hike is to see views few see, and this was a hike that probably fit that well.
Exhausted from our previous two days, we took my final day in the city to visit Donut Falls. What a quaint little falls and surprisingly we had the top of the rockpile by the falls to ourselves.
It was nice to see the big city again. All the small town Wyoming is nice but cities have a lot to offer. Excitement to have another tour on the western side of the Cloud Peak Wilderness made driving back easy though
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After working a couple tours in the Cloud Peak Wilderness I had a six day weekend. I originally had plans to backpack in the Wind River Range with my friend Richard from Salt Lake... until we checked the forecast. Every mountain range in the state of Wyoming was slated to have thunderstorms. Oh yeah, so did the Uintas. I'll backpack in the rain when backpacking isn't my job, but that isn't now. So instead I just doubled my drive and hung out in SLC with Rich.
While SLC has been my non-summer home for the past three years, I've done very little hiking around the city. There has usually been snow or school in the way. So I got to do a couple things I'd wanted to do but never had. Our first hike was to Sunset Peak from Albion Basin. I'd summited the peak from Brighton but not from Alta. It was nice with flowers blooming and dynamic skies.
After summiting Sunset and having a small world moment by meeting Wasatch-Cache wilderness rangers who lived near the Bighorns, Richard and I headed towards Devil's Castle to see what we would see. We ended up going up a steep slope to a saddle east of the Castle and summiting "Ladybug Love Peak" named for all the ladybugs at the top. It is neat how slightly different angles change the view dramatically.
The day after our Alta hike, Richard and I went for the high point of Stansbury Island. Probably not smart for a 100 degree day, but we suffered up and made it. Part of why I hike is to see views few see, and this was a hike that probably fit that well.
Exhausted from our previous two days, we took my final day in the city to visit Donut Falls. What a quaint little falls and surprisingly we had the top of the rockpile by the falls to ourselves.
It was nice to see the big city again. All the small town Wyoming is nice but cities have a lot to offer. Excitement to have another tour on the western side of the Cloud Peak Wilderness made driving back easy though
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