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2024 Summer
Activity Schedule
Summer trips are scheduled from mid-May to early October. Visitors are welcome! Meet 8:00 a.m. at the southwest corner of the Smith's Marketplace parking lot at 750 North Main Street in Logan, Utah unless specified otherwise. The trip leader determines the anticipated return time and any need to alter plans, if necessary. Prepare for the activity: Bring food, water, and extra clothing. Make sure your equipment is adequate and that you have the skill and stamina necessary for the trip. Contact the trip leader for more information about the trip. See the "More Information" page on this website to find references for many of the activities listed here. |
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Date | Event | Description | For
More Information |
12
May, 2024 (Sunday) |
Rattlesnake
Canyon |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike up Rattlesnake Canyon on Sunday. This easy 5-mile out-and-back hike ascends 900 feet from the trailhead in Wellsville Canyon to a hilltop overlooking Cache Valley. Expect great views and spring wildflowers along the way, with an expected return about 2:00 p.m. | Brent J, 240-925-7456, email Brent |
2
June, 2024 (Sunday) |
Willow
Creek - Cottonwood |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike up the Willow Creek drainage on Sunday. This is a moderate 6.5-mile loop hike with about 1100 feet of elevation gain. Located in the Right Hand Fork of Logan Canyon, hikers will enjoy early summer wildflowers and great views as they travel up Willow Creek and return via Little Cottonwood Canyon, with an expected return about 3:00 p.m. | Susan,
435-770-2478, email Susan |
9
June, 2024 (Sunday) |
Curtis
Ridge |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike to Curtis Ridge on Sunday. This is a moderate hike of 6 miles round trip with 1300 feet of ascent, from Curtis Creek near Hardware Ranch to a spring. Hikers should experience wide-ranging views and springtime blooms along the way, with an expected return about 3:00 p.m. | Ralph, 225-450-4086, email Ralph |
16
June, 2024 (Sunday) |
Richards
Hollow |
The
Cache Hikers will host a Sunday hike up Richards
Hollow. This is an out-and-back scenic trail
with waterfalls, meadows, beaver dams, forest and perhaps
some stream crossings. Expect a moderately strenuous
hike, about 10 miles round trip and 1700 feet elevation
gain. Meet at 8:00 a.m. and expect to return about
5:00 p.m. |
Kamren,
435-512-5655, email
Kamren |
23
June, 2024 (Sunday) |
Card
Canyon Loop |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike to Card Canyon on Sunday. This is a moderately strenuous 6-mile loop hike with 2200 feet of ascent. Expect scenic views, wildflowers and an interesting rock feature along the way., with an expected return about 3:00 p.m. | Dave P, 435-994-9548, email Dave P |
30
June, 2024 (Sunday) |
Shortys
Cutoff |
The
Cache Hikers will host a hike along Shortys Cutoff on
Sunday. This moderate 7-mile route with a car shuttle will
climb 1000 feet up Steep Hollow and south on Shortys
Cutoff trail, then descend 1700 feet to Steam Mill
trailhead. At least one vehicle will be positioned to
shuttle hikers back to the beginning at Steep
Hollow. Expect great views, an historic steam boiler
and a “bottle tree”, with possible side trips to a yurt
and/or sinkhole, with an expected return about 4:00 p.m. |
Catherine,
801-541-5463,
email Catherine
|
7
July, 2024 (Sunday) |
Bunchgrass
Ridge |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike in Bunchgrass Canyon on Sunday. This is a moderate hike of about 6.5 miles with 1200 feet of ascent. The route is a “lollipop” (a loop with a stem), mostly along unmaintained trails, with great views and impressive old limber pines. From the Tony Grove gravel pit, the route goes west along Bunchgrass Creek, then north on the White Pine Lake Trail before turning east and south to follow a ridge back to Bunchgrass. Meet at 8:00 a.m. and expect to return about 3:00 p.m. | Laurel, 435-994-2366, email Laurel |
13
July, 2024 (Saturday hike, or Saturday - Monday backpack) |
Mount
Gog Meadow Hike - Backpack |
The
Cache Hikers will host an outing that follows the White
Pine trail to a seldom used route SE
of Mount Gog on Saturday, with a backpacking option
for Sat – Mon. This is a moderately strenuous day
hike of about 7.4 miles and 1400 ft of ascent. The
group will have lunch together where there is a good view
of lower White Pine Creek and the day-hikers will return
to Tony Grove. The backpackers will continue
following the route another mile to a meadow near the
Double-Top trail. This mile may have downed trees
and other off-trail challenges. Day hikers bring food,
water, and appropriate clothing; backpackers prepare for a
2-night, 3-day excursion. Day hikers are expected to
return about 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. |
Dave
P, 435-994-9548, email
Dave P |
21
July, 2024 (Sunday) |
Corral
Hollow Loop |
The
Cache Hikers will host a loop hike on the Idaho side of the Bear River
Range. Hikers will travel from Corral Hollow
along the Highline Trail to Danish Pass, then south via
Egan Basin, Blue Lake and Gibson Basin before returning to
Corral Hollow. This is a moderately strenuous hike, about
12 miles with 2000 feet of ascent, traveling over hiking
trails, ATV trails and forest roads. Expect to
return about 6:00. |
Kamren, 435-512-5655, email Kamren |
28
July, 2024 (Sunday) |
Coldwater Spring Loop | The
Cache Hikers will host a hike to Coldwater
Spring on Sunday. Traveling in a loop from Tony
Grove via the Bear Hollow trail, hikers will enjoy
wildflowers and scenic views. Moderately strenuous,
about 8 miles with 1800 feet of elevation gain, with an
expected return about 4:00 p.m. |
David, 512-466-3094, email David |
4
August, 2024 (Sunday) |
High
Creek Lake |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike to High Creek Lake on Sunday. This is a strenuous 10-mile hike with 2800 feet of ascent. Expect a wilderness hiking experience, wildflowers, an alpine lake and views of nearby peaks, with an expected return about 6:00 p.m. | Dan,
435-757-7815, email
Dan |
8-11
August, 2024 (Thursday - Sunday) |
Washington
Lake Group Camping Trip |
The Cache Hikers will host a 3-night (Thurs-Sun) camping and hiking trip to Washington Lake along the Mirror Lake Highway in the Uinta Mountains. We will use the Lincoln Group Site, located at 10,000 feet elevation, and hike from nearby trailheads. Camping fee will be divided by participants. Limit: 30 people. Reservations are required. | Jane, 435-750-5913 email Jane |
18 August, 2024 (Sunday) | Swan Peak | The
Cache Hikers will host a hike to Swan
Peak on Sunday. This is a moderate hike of 4
miles round trip with a 900 foot ascent to a great
viewpoint overlooking Bear Lake Meet at 8:00 and expect to return about 3:00 p.m. |
Chris, 435-760-1162, email Chris |
25
August, 2024 (Sunday) |
Pig
Hole |
The
Cache Hikers will host a loop hike in the Left Fork of
Blacksmith Fork on the Hog Hole and Pig Hole trails on
Sunday. This is a moderate hike of 4 miles round
trip with a 1200-foot ascent. There will be fording of two
streams, traveling on seldom-hiked trails and walking a
half-mile along a gravel road, with an expected return
about 3:00 p.m. |
Dave W, 435-750-5913, email Dave W |
2
September, 2024 (Monday) |
Tony
Grove to Bunchgrass |
The
Cache Hikers will host a Monday hike on Labor Day
weekend to Bunchgrass
Creek via Tony Grove and White Pine Canyon. This
moderately strenuous hike will be about 11 miles with 1000
feet elevation gain (a car shuttle is required). Expect
peak views and late summer flowers, with an expected
return about 6:00 p.m. |
Kathy, 435-890-8105, email Kathy |
8
September, 2024 (Sunday) |
Naomi
Peak |
The Cache Hikers will host a hike to Naomi Peak on Sunday. This is a moderately strenuous 6.5-mile round trip with an elevation gain of about 1900 feet to the highest peak in the Bear River Range. Enjoy birds and flowers along the way and great views from the summit, with an expected return about 4:00 p.m. | Teresa,
307-760-3775, email
Teresa |
15
September, 2024 (Sunday) |
Ephraims
Grave |
The Cache Hikers will host a Sunday hike to the grave of the last grizzly bear in Utah. This is a moderately strenuous 12-mile hike with 2600 feet of ascent. The route follows about 6 miles of hiking trails, 2 miles of jeep roads and 4 miles of motorcycle-legal trails in a loop that begins and ends at Right Hand Fork. Expect an iconic destination, an impressive sinkhole and great views, with an expected return about 6:00 p.m. | Dan,
435-757-7815, email
Dan |
22
September, 2024 (Sunday) |
The
Cache Hikers will host |
Ralph,
225-450-4086, email
Ralph |
|
29
September, 2024 (Sunday) |
Leatham
Hollow |
The
Cache Hikers will host a hike on Sunday up Leatham
Hollow. This is a moderate hike providing great
views into Cache Valley, with about 2000 feet of ascent
and 8 miles round trip, with an expected return about 4:00
p.m. |
Ralph,
225-450-4086, email
Ralph |
6
October, 2024 (Sunday) |
Jardine
Juniper - Cottonwood Canyon |
The
Cache Hikers will host a Sunday car shuttle hike to the
Jardine Juniper. This moderately strenuous hike ascends
the Old Juniper trail, climbing 1800 feet in 5 miles, to
Jardine Juniper, then steeply descends on an old route, 2
miles to Cottonwood Canyon. At least one vehicle will be
positioned to shuttle hikers from the hike’s end at
Cottonwood Canyon, back to the beginning at Wood Camp.
Expect fall colors and great views on this hike to an
iconic destination, with an expected return about 4:00
p.m. |
Brent
L, 435-279-5723, email
Brent |