Memorial Day Hike

Today is Memorial Day. Joe and I went for a hike. The trail is simply called Mill B North (not a very inspiring name). It started at the S curve in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

We got on the trail at 8:30 a.m. We climbed from 6000 feet to 8000 feet in just 2 1/2 miles. Yes, that is steep, but I've been on worse. We got off the trail at about 1:30 p.m.

We then drove to Little Cottonwood Canyon for a quick picnic at Temple Quarry park.

A sign near the beginning:

The following are just some mountain vistas that I was able to photograph. These are looking across the canyon. As you can see, those mountains still have snow. That's why we hiked on the north side of the canyon instead.

This was our chosen turn around point. We could see some waterfalls across this very deep gully.

On the way down I caught this great shot of Joe. I don't know if you can get a sense of how very high up we are here.

This is about the same picture, but I'm zoomed out so you can see more of the mountains.

See the Salt Lake Valley out there in the distance. This isn't even as high as we went.

Way near the top, the trail edged along the side of a scary slope. The motto along that thing was don't look down. We walked very slowly and carefully there. Good grief; what we will do for a little adventure.