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This could potentially be my last hike of the year. I may get a short one in this Thursday if the government shuts down or I am fired due to the shutdown.
Sheila, Katie and I completed the Van Cott Loop yesterday. Not too much to report, but we did see two small horned lizards near the top. A few wildflowers/shrubs were still blooming,, and the golden grasses on the way up and down were just gorgeous. Not many colorful leaves in the foothills though as it has been so dry this past summer.
Gumweed
Rabbitbrush
Sunflower
On the Shoreline Trail
Looking up at the summit of Van Cott
Scat and the fields of gold.
Goldenaster
A little red in the tree above
Snakeweed
red leaf and dirt
Gordon was here recently I see.
Same tree but closer
The northern foothills
Arnica
Gordon Blair himself. He is now in his late eighties and does Van Cott a couple of times a week. Putting the Scatman to shame.
What an inspiration.
Dried up mule-ears
Katie, way out ahead of slowpoke
Aster
Black Mountain
Mount Van Cott Trail
Sheila, making her way along the trail
Faded reds
Group shot just off the summit
The BCP greeting
Valley and Wasatch Front shot - kind of hazy
Tools of the trade for the hike
Showing off the Krakatoas!
Mount Wire to the south
A small Horny Toad
View up Red Butte Canyon
Heading down the Red Butte side of Van Cott. It took me an hour and fifteen minutes to descend to the road in Red Butte.
View down Red Butte Canyon towards the valley
Look back at the south side of Van Cott
Just love all the gold.
A view of a cumulus cloud up the ravine. I needed a zoom lens for this that I didn't have.
Back at the Sube
We went and picked up a pizza, and this is the view of Mount Van Cott from Sugar House with St. Ambrose Catholic Church in the
foreground.
The End.
Sheila, Katie and I completed the Van Cott Loop yesterday. Not too much to report, but we did see two small horned lizards near the top. A few wildflowers/shrubs were still blooming,, and the golden grasses on the way up and down were just gorgeous. Not many colorful leaves in the foothills though as it has been so dry this past summer.
Gumweed
Rabbitbrush
Sunflower
On the Shoreline Trail
Looking up at the summit of Van Cott
Scat and the fields of gold.
Goldenaster
A little red in the tree above
Snakeweed
red leaf and dirt
Gordon was here recently I see.
Same tree but closer
The northern foothills
Arnica
Gordon Blair himself. He is now in his late eighties and does Van Cott a couple of times a week. Putting the Scatman to shame.
What an inspiration.
Dried up mule-ears
Katie, way out ahead of slowpoke
Aster
Black Mountain
Mount Van Cott Trail
Sheila, making her way along the trail
Faded reds
Group shot just off the summit
The BCP greeting
Valley and Wasatch Front shot - kind of hazy
Tools of the trade for the hike
Showing off the Krakatoas!
Mount Wire to the south
A small Horny Toad
View up Red Butte Canyon
Heading down the Red Butte side of Van Cott. It took me an hour and fifteen minutes to descend to the road in Red Butte.
View down Red Butte Canyon towards the valley
Look back at the south side of Van Cott
Just love all the gold.
A view of a cumulus cloud up the ravine. I needed a zoom lens for this that I didn't have.
Back at the Sube
We went and picked up a pizza, and this is the view of Mount Van Cott from Sugar House with St. Ambrose Catholic Church in the
foreground.
The End.
