Powerhouse Mountain

Trailhead: Mouth of Hobble Creek Canyon
Length: 6.6 miles
Height: 3037 vertical feet
Notes: 90% bushwhacking and game trails
Photos: Flickr
GPS Tracks: kml gpx

Ether Peak

Length: 4.6 Miles

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Sundance-Arrowhead Lift from Provo Canyon

I've wanted to hike up to the top of Sundance from Provo Canyon for a long time. With information in the book "Climbing and Exploring Utah's Mt. Timpanogos" and cross referencing the crude maps with Google Earth I planned a trail from a spot in Provo Canyon just west of Vivian Park. There are several bands of trees near the bottom that have reasonable passages (use the 'down' tracks from my GPX or KML) though the upper band is quite painful if you pick the wrong spot like I did on my way up. I recommend trying to stay on the crest of the ridge when possible and tend to the west side when needed. For much of the hike there are game trails that crisscross the crest of the ridge which can be used as switchbacks. On the flatter sections on the top half, there are game trails on the west side of the ridge which make for easier hiking. 3350 vertical feet in less than 2 miles is very steep. A cell tower is visible for most of the hike which marks the southwest corner of the ski resort. The top of the Arrowhead lift is only about 100 yards away.

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Looking down at Provo Canyon

Indian Road to Rock Canyon via Buffalo Peak

Length: 8.3 Miles
Vertical Climb: 3100 ft
Time: 4 hrs 45 min

This hike involved plenty of mud and snow. I didn't encounter any other hikers until I reached the Squaw Peak Trail under Buffalo Peak. The snow wasn't deep and was fairly hard and actually easier to hike on than the muddy sections of trail. The bushwhack down the southwest side of Buffalo Peak was fairly soft but not as muddy as I feared.

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Late fall storm over Timpanogos

Sundance Ski resort today

Intuit walkers

Big Baldy Peak - Dry Creek to Battle Creek

I'm so backlogged I don't have time for descriptions.

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Nutmeg and me on the summit of Big Baldy

Mount Olympus Peak

Special off-site IUHC event with Kirk and Jeffry.

Trail Head: 4884 ft
Peak: 9030 ft
Time to peak: 3 hrs

GPS Tracks: kml gpx

Mike on the peak of Mount Olympus

Jeffry doing paperwork on the summit of Mount Olympus

From the top of Mount Olympus

SLC from the summit of Mount Olympus

Good view of the Mount Olympis peak

First sight of the peak of Olympia

Kirk & Jeffry on the trail

Sun on Oak-erz

SLC lights

Stream crossing on the Battle Creek Canyon trail

Timpanogos Peak from the Curly Springs trail near Battle Creek

Heading up Dry Creek canyon on my way to Curly Springs

The Couch - OBWMA

Hunter on the mountain

Afternoon Sky

Mill Canyon Peak

Description coming soon...
Stats: 4.0 miles
Trail head: 8314 ft
Peak: 10348 ft

GPS Tracks: kml gpx
Photos: Flickr

T&L on Mill Canyon Peak summit with Timpanogos in the background and my anti-being-shot-by-deer-hunters-hat

Nutmeg on Mill Canyon Peak summit with Timpanogos in the backgroung

Timpanogos from Mill Canyon Peak summit

Mill Canyon Peak

Timpanogos from the side of Mill Canyon Peak

Grove Creek to Battle Creek Loop

Hike description coming soon...

GPS Tracks: kml gpx
Photos: Flickr

The Valley

Grove Creek Spring

Nutmeg looking up at Timpanogos

On the trail

Grove creek falls

There's some horsing around going on up here

More moon

Morning moon

Out for a walk in the Kansas county side