LAKE MARY AUTUMN HIKE

BRIGHTON HIKES

LAKE MARY TRAILHEAD BEGINS BY THIS SIGN 

IN BRIGHTON'S LARGE SKI PARKING AREA

MILEAGE: 1 Mile to Lake Mary

ELEVATION GAIN: 800'

KID FRIENDLY

NO DOGS ALLOWED in Big Cottonwood Canyon

RESTROOMS AVAILABLE in Brighton, Utah

HIKE TIME: Allow 2 to 3 hours for a fun time.

MOSES PARTING LAKE MARY

LUNCH TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE

LAKE MARY

WE EVEN SAW MOOSE IN THE FOREST

RED ASPEN TREE

JESUS GAVE US A GREAT AUTUMN ADVENTURE!

WILLOW LAKE LOOP

WILLOW HEIGHTS TRAIL

DESCRIPTION: WE HIKED UP THE NEW TRAIL, WENT AROUND THE LAKE COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND RETURNED ON THE STEEP OLD TRAIL.

RATINGS: NEWBIES 

MILEAGE: 2.4 MILES

HIKE TIME: 2 HOURS 

NO DOGS ALLOWED IN BIG COTTONWOOD

NO RESTROOMS AVAILABLE

DRIVE UP 11.6 MILES UP BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON AND PARK ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD

CELL PHONE COVERAGE GOOD

 NEW TRAIL ON THE LEFT

OLD STEEP TRAIL ON THE RIGHT

DUCKS IN THE LAKE

WILLOW LAKE

AMAZING FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN
OUTDOORS WITH JESUS!

BOWMAN OVERLOOK

MILLCREEK CANYON HIKES

MILEAGE: 2.2 miles from Terrace Picnic trailhead to Bowman Overlook.

RATINGS: Moderate Plus (few steep sections)
ELEVATION GAIN: 1,300' 
HIKE TIME: Allow 3 hours for fun.
DOGS on leash on even days, and allowed off leash on odd days.   You must clean up after your dogs.
GEAR: Water, energy snacks, hiking pole, camera.
DIRECTIONS: Enter Millcreek Canyon at 3800 S. Wasatch Blvd.  Drive up 4.3 miles and find a parking place near the road to the Terrace Picnic area.  Hike up the road to the trailhead.
CELL PHONE service is bad in Millcreek Canyon.
CANYON FEE: $3 per vehicle ($2 senior rate) leaving canyon.

BOWMAN OVERLOOK

GREAT VIEWS

ANOTHER ADVENTURE WITH JESUS

MT WOLVERINE ~ ALTA

CATHERINE PASS PARKING and TRAILHEAD

You'll have to pay a $6 at the ALTA toll booth and 

drive up the dirt road to the parking area.

MOUNT WOLVERINE

RATINGS: INTERMEDIATE
MILEAGE: 1.7 MILES TO THE PEAK

ELEVATION GAIN: 1,400'
HIKE TIME: ALLOW 4 HOURS FOR FUN

GEAR: Water, Jacket, hiking pole, camera, and food.

AT CATHERINE PASS,  THE TRAIL TO THE NORTH WILL TAKE YOU TO MT WOLVERINE AND THE SOUTH TRAIL GOES UP TO SUNSET PEAK.

LOOKING DOWN AT LAKE MARY

MOUNT TUSCARORA

REACHING THE SUMMIT OF MT WOLVERINE

MOUNT WOLVERINE 

GOD BLESSED US WITH GOOD WEATHER 

AND A FUN ADVENTUROUS DAY!

CALIFORNIA TRAIL

LITTLE DELL CANYON ~ SECTIONS 2 and 3

We didn't hike Section 1, which begins at Little Dell Reservoir.  This section is 2 miles, 450' elevation gain and ends at a small parking area and restroom.  This is where we parked and began our hike for Sections 2 and 3.
The trail begins on the west side of the road. (SR 65)

MILEAGE: 4 MILES TO THE UPPER PARKING LOT

ELEVATION GAIN: 1,550'

HIKE TIME UP: 1 3/4 hours

HIKE TIME DOWN: 1 1/3 hours

RESTROOMS AVAILABLE

NO DOGS ALLOWED IN LITTLE DELL CANYON

This is the historic Donner - Reed Trail; later used by the Pioneers and Pony Express riders.

CALIFORNIA TRAIL ~ Section 2

AUTUMN is here in the mountains!

PRAISE THE LORD!

ALTA MYSTERY HIKE?

OUR MYSTERY HIKE BEGAN IN ALTA 

ON THE SUNNYSIDE LIFT

WE TOOK THIS LESSER KNOWN TRAIL

WHERE IS THIS BEAUTIFUL BASIN?

MYSTERY PLANT?

CROSSING A MYSTERY BOULDER FIELD

WHERE IS THIS ROCK?

LIFE WITH JESUS IS FUN!