Yulin and I planned the hike during the week to be a Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST) hike from Bridal Veil Falls to Rock Canyon. Unfortunately we lost the BST in the high end horse property section of the Provo bench. Just after rescuing a squirrel that was trapped in a wood feed box we ended up on a trail that was clearly marked with signs pronouncing the name "Trail". Since it touched private property as it headed up the hill I assume we would have to come across the BST eventually. No such luck. As you can see from the profile, it was a steep climb to the top of creatively named "Canyon Creek" canyon. I was shocked that I had never noticed Canyon Creek canyon between Rock Canyon and Provo Canyon. It is very beautiful but most of the decent was climbing down the rocks in the dry (and wet) stream bed. Up high the stream was babbling in a charming and non-threatening way. I was able to tip-toe on the rocks in the stream without any water soaking into my socks. All of a sudden the water disappeared and we were walking in a dry stream bed. Where did the water go? It appeared to just go underground, maybe there is a pipe but it didn't look like it. We could tell when we were getting close to civilization because we started seeing litter on the trail. In all it was a little under 10 miles all the way to Yulin's.
GPS Tracks: kml gpx
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