OUTDOORS WITH JESUS

Saturday, August 29, 2015

DAY on BALD MOUNTAIN

DESCRIPTION: Bald Mountain offers great views of the Uintas. This trail has a lot of exposure and steep drop offs.

RATINGS: MODERATE PLUS

MILEAGE: 1.75 miles each way

ELEVATION GAIN: 1,200

HIKE TIME: Allow 3 1/2 hours to enjoy Bald Mountain hike.

DRIVE TIME: Allow 1.5 hours from Salt Lake City

BALD MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

FEE: $6 Recreation Pass per vehicle, 3 day pass.

GEAR: Make sure you bring a jacket, tie on hat, hiking poles, water, sunscreen, camera, and lunch.

THE STAIRCASE

MIRROR LAKE HIKE

DESCRIPTION: After hiking Bald Mountain drive down the hill to Mirror Lake. Enjoy a refreshing hike around the lake. This is a great place for fishermen. There are picnic tables around the lake.

MILEAGE: 1.4 miles

RATINGS: NEWBIES, KIDS love this hike!

HIKE TIME: 50 minutes.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

TWIN LAKES RESERVOIR

The Lake Solitude, Twin Lake Reservoir loop is closed this Summer due to Solitude resort road construction

RATINGS: Newbies
ELEVATION GAIN: 800'
MILEAGE: 1 mile to the lake

DIRECTIONS: Drive to Brighton, Utah and park at the Silver
Lake visitor center. The trail begins behind Silver Lake.
WATERSHED: No dogs, no swimming, and no wading allowed.

Twin Lakes may not be the best place to fish, but it makes a wonderful day relaxing with Jesus.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

DESCRIPTION: Days Fork is a great place to escape the crowds. Park on Big Cottonwood road outside of the Spruces Campground. Walk up the south bound road, passing a restroom, and to a ball park. Look for the Days Fork trail 023. The hike starts with a steep hill climb, then it levels out. The second half of the hike is steeper with an intermediate grade. We hiked to the Eclipse Mine, then went up the hill to the next mine, where we found a good place to eat lunch. Die hards may want to climb the ridge and see Little Cottonwood Canyon.

ECLIPSE MINE

RATINGS: INTERMEDIATE
MILEAGE: 3.7 miles each way
ELEVATION GAIN: 2850'
HIKE TIME: 3 hours up, 2 hours down
NO DOGS allowed due to Watershed regulations.
GEAR: Extra water, sunscreen, hat, lunch, camera, hiking poles, etc.

PASS

6 FOOT WILDFLOWERS

DIRECTIONS: Drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch and Fort Union Blvd; SLC.
Drive 9.7 miles up the canyon. Park outside of the Spruces Campground.

ANOTHER GREAT ADVENTURE WITH JESUS

Saturday, August 8, 2015

TRIAL LAKE to WALL LAKE

WALL LAKE

DESCRIPTION: From the fishing parking lot, walk across the dam to the cabins, where you'll find the dirt trail on the left side of the cabins.
RATINGS: NEWBIES
MILEAGE: 1.25 miles to Wall Lake
ELEVATION GAIN 240'
KID FRIENDLY
DOGS need to be on leashes.
FISHERMEN love this hike.
GEAR: Jacket, water, food, camera, and map.
NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE

TRIAL LAKE

A GREAT DAY SEEING GOD's BEAUTIFUL LAKES.

WASHINGTON LAKE

After the hike we drove to the Crystal Lake Trailhead and walked down to beautiful Washington Lake. The wind was so strong that there were waves on the lake.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

WASATCH WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL and CECRET LAKE

A Great Day in
God's Mountains!

The Wasatch Wildflower Festival in Alta was wonderful! They offer three levels of free wildflower hikes: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advance. This is a wonderful event for the entire family. We took the intermediate hike up to the meadow. Some of the group went to Cecret Lake after it ended.

RATINGS: Moderate
MILEAGE: 2.3 miles each way
ELEVATION GAIN: 1300'
HIKE TIME: Allow 3 hours for Wildflower tour and Cecret Lake Hike
WATERSHED: No swimming in lakes and no wading in streams. No dogs allowed.
DIRECTIONS: Enter Little Cottonwood Canyon, 4323 Little Cottonwood Road, Sandy, Utah drive up to the top of the paved road in Alta.
RESTROOMS: available at parking area and near the campground.