Big Baldy - South Ridge: Before Work

The Paxman wanted to try the south ridge of Big Baldy, in the morning, before work. We had planned only to go to the flag pole on the lower front peak but made it there in plenty of time to come down the maintained forrest service trail via the saddle.
Trailhead to flag pole: 1 hr 42 min, the whole hike was 3 hrs and 19 min. We left the parking lot at about 5:25 am. I made it to work before 9:00am.
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Cascade Approach

A quick morning hike 2000 vert ft up in 0.8 miles. We turned back to go to work just 0.25 miles from the top of the ridge, ouch.

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The Pfeifferhorn -- Wasatch Elevener #6

Though I had planned to hike Red Baldy today when The Paxman invited me to go with him and a friend to hike The Pfeifferhorn I jumped at the chance.
The hike up to 3 hours and 48 min, down was 2 hours and 29 min.

7:22am  7682 ft : Trailhead  
  8:58am  9585 ft : Lower Red Pine Reservoir
 10:10am 10718 ft : Saddle (15 min break)
 11:10am 11326 ft : Summit - Arrive (54 min lunch & photos)
 12:06pm 11326 ft : Summit - Depart
 12:40pm 10777 ft : Saddle
  1:20pm  9683 ft : Lower Red Pine Reservoir
  2:35pm  7748 ft : Trailhead 

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Battle Creek to Timpooneke Road

Morning hike with the Paxman

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Box Elder Peak from Granite Flat

This was my third attempt at hiking Box Elder Peak. The first attempt was scuttled by lightning only a quarter mile from from the summit. The second attempt was cut short at the north end of the saddle due to cold and rain.
The weather looked like it was going to be great for this attempt but ultimately it turned out to be a stormy day. Luckily the storms skirted the area and didn't cause a problem, in fact, I think they made the hike a bit cooler.
I ran into Joe again, the same guy who I saw on my first attempt. We exchanged taking photos at the summit.
I took trail 043 up (east and north sides of White Canyon) but decided to take 188 and 044 on the way down (south and west sides). On the way down there was only a little bit of snow in a few deep ravines. There was some stinging nettle, don't try this with shorts and keep bare arms and hands up high. Trails 188 & 044 had many fallen trees across the trail and one wash-out that was tricky to get around.

Total: 10.0 miles - 7 hrs, 45 min
Trailhead:     6860 ft -  8:05am
North Saddle:  9595 ft - 10:00am
South Saddle:  9434 ft - 10:17am
Arrive Peak:  11101 ft - 11:45am
Depart Peak:  11101 ft - 12;50pm
Trailhead:     6860 ft -  3:50pm

Trailhead to N Saddle:  3.6 miles - 1:55 (Trail 043)
Traverse Saddle N to S: 0.7 miles - 0:17 (Trail 188)
S Saddle to Peak:       0.9 miles - 1:28 (Trail Unmaintained)
Peak to Trailhead:      4.9 miles - 3:01 (Trails Unmaintained, 188, 044)

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Curly Springs Trail & Brush Mountain from Dry Creek Trailhead

The Tuesday morning hike this week was attended by Jeffry, Scott, Nutmeg and Me. Since Scott's Thursday hike will be Lone Peak we selected a 'mellow' route, the Curly Springs Trail all the way to Battle Creek from the Dry Creek Trailhead. We visited the overlook on Brush Mountain which is the south side of the mouth of Battle Creek Canyon. Our original plan was to come down Battle Creek Canyon and loop back on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail but the Battle Creek stream crossing look like it would dampen our spirits (and possibly other things) so we backtracked the Curly Springs Trail which definitely provided a better workout.

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Slide Canyon & Unnamed Peak (Maple Mountain?)

Stats:
   Distance: 7.32 miles
   Vertical: ≈4000 ft

Note: According to this posting on SummitPost.org my unnamed peak is "Maple Mountain".

I've been eying the peak between Y Mountain and Buckley Mountain since last summer. I want to be able to look at the profile of the mountains as seen from my house and be able to say I've climbed all the significant peaks. My feet were sore from a hike yesterday in the High Uintas so I thought this would be a good moderate hike. It was more strenuous than I expected. I had hiked Slide Canyon before when I went to the peak with Yulin and Marsha. I knew there was a trail up to Maple Flat and the rest would be bushwhacking. The % grade to the trail junction in Slide Canyon is 18% which is a fairly steep trail. From the junction to Maple Flat is a little less steep but the final 0.84 miles to the peak is over 30% grade, very steep. The difficulty is compounded by thick brush and a few boulder scrambles. I made the summit in about 3:48 and took 2:25 to get down stopping only for an apple break.

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Ruth, Lofty and Hayden Lakes Hike

On the way back from the Bear River Lodge area, Nutmeg and I did this little hike visiting half a dozen little High Uinta lakes and a 11,100+ft peak that has no name (or trail). It's an impressive area that has 11K+ peaks that are not worth naming.

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