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Headed out this morning to stash a one gallon jug of water, and a 32 oz. bottle of Gatorade along the Millcreek Ridge for my hike next weekend.
The route to 8194 is the same as Mount Aire, except when you reach the saddle, you take a left instead of a right.
We began our walk up the Millcreek Canyon road around 6:45-ish, with a nice 50 degree temperature at the parking lot. Once we arrived at the saddle, we headed up the ridge to the southwest. The trail along this section of the ridge can be hard to follow and we ended up having to bushwhack for a bit in order to reach the top of the ridge and unnamed peak 8194.

Gate still closed to upper Millcreek Canyon

Opening soon though.

Mountain ninebark

Ready for action.

Leopard slug on the road heading towards Elbow Fork

Cascading Millcreek

Hound's tongue

Red osier dogwood

Strawberries are still numerous along the trail

White geranium

Starwort

Violet

Solomon's seal

Pink geranium

Sticky cinquefoil

A leopard slug eating a mulch maid

Choke cherry

Vetch

Mule's ear

Woodland star

Approaching the saddle with an opening full of mule's ear

Wasatch Beardtongue

A grasshopper had his eye on the Scatman

Beginning our climb up to the top of the ridge. Can you see the trail?

It starts off kind of steep once you leave the saddle

Katie, pausing for a moment with Mount Aire above, and the saddle down below

Aspen on our way up the ridge

The placing of the jug. What precision!
It's a good thing I took @Rockskipper's "how to hide a jug 101 class" back in the 80's at
Utah State University. Thanks skipper.

Most excellent.

A spikey caterpillar

Into some serious bushwhacking now. Straight ahead is my motto.

Columbine on the bushwhack section

Once we broke out on the top of the ridge, the views to the south were spectacular

And a nice view of upper Millcreek Canyon from our vantage point

Lewis flax in the meadow where we stopped for a snack

It exists!

Narrow-leaf mountain trumpet

Looking west down the Millcreek Ridge from 8194, with the summit of Grandeur Peak barely visible in the distance

Some kind of beetle on a mule's ear

Mount Olympus

Summit shot

Mountain Ash

The high point of Parley's Ridge, with Antelope Island's Frary Peak beyond

Mount Aire

Stink bug?

Skyrocket

Robber fly with its prey

Yellow salsify

Back at the road.

All that is left to do is walk back down the road to the gate and our vehicle.
The End.
The route to 8194 is the same as Mount Aire, except when you reach the saddle, you take a left instead of a right.
We began our walk up the Millcreek Canyon road around 6:45-ish, with a nice 50 degree temperature at the parking lot. Once we arrived at the saddle, we headed up the ridge to the southwest. The trail along this section of the ridge can be hard to follow and we ended up having to bushwhack for a bit in order to reach the top of the ridge and unnamed peak 8194.

Gate still closed to upper Millcreek Canyon

Opening soon though.

Mountain ninebark

Ready for action.

Leopard slug on the road heading towards Elbow Fork

Cascading Millcreek

Hound's tongue

Red osier dogwood

Strawberries are still numerous along the trail

White geranium

Starwort

Violet

Solomon's seal

Pink geranium

Sticky cinquefoil

A leopard slug eating a mulch maid

Choke cherry

Vetch

Mule's ear

Woodland star

Approaching the saddle with an opening full of mule's ear

Wasatch Beardtongue

A grasshopper had his eye on the Scatman

Beginning our climb up to the top of the ridge. Can you see the trail?

It starts off kind of steep once you leave the saddle

Katie, pausing for a moment with Mount Aire above, and the saddle down below

Aspen on our way up the ridge

The placing of the jug. What precision!
Utah State University. Thanks skipper.

Most excellent.

A spikey caterpillar

Into some serious bushwhacking now. Straight ahead is my motto.

Columbine on the bushwhack section

Once we broke out on the top of the ridge, the views to the south were spectacular

And a nice view of upper Millcreek Canyon from our vantage point

Lewis flax in the meadow where we stopped for a snack

It exists!

Narrow-leaf mountain trumpet

Looking west down the Millcreek Ridge from 8194, with the summit of Grandeur Peak barely visible in the distance

Some kind of beetle on a mule's ear

Mount Olympus

Summit shot

Mountain Ash

The high point of Parley's Ridge, with Antelope Island's Frary Peak beyond

Mount Aire

Stink bug?

Skyrocket

Robber fly with its prey

Yellow salsify

Back at the road.

All that is left to do is walk back down the road to the gate and our vehicle.
The End.
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