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City Creek, 10 June, 2017

Trip Summary:

  • Participants: Dave P., Dave W., Jane, Stephanie, Teresa, Laurel, Susan, Nikolai and Nick, the leader
  • Drove 14 miles to the City Creek entrance east of Richmond (a "Walk-in-access" property access arranged by the Utah Division of Wildlife Services)
  • Started on the trail at 8:45
  • Lunch with a fabulous view, 11:50 - 12:50
  • Back at our vehicles at 3:15 and Logan by 4:00
  • Partly cloudy, calm winds and comfortable temperatures
  • 7.3 miles with 2600 feet of ascent

Thanks to Dave P. for photos and Dave W. for photos and the GPS work

Trailhead

At the City Creek "Walk-in-Access" entrance
Fields
The trail travels through agricultural land for the first mile

Stream

mine

There were many, many stream crossings

Old mining equipment

Snow

A snow patch on the the north-facing slope
Lunch
A lunch spot with a great view
South
Looking southeast toward Mt. Elmer, Mt. Jardine and Flattop Mountain
Lunch
Hanging around after lunch
Cicada Sego
Cicada on a western coneflower Sego lily

Morel

Star

Morel mushroom Woodland star
boa

Rubber boa

Map
Our GPS track shows 7.3 miles with 2600 feet of ascent

You can look at our route using: Google Earth, the various map and aerial views of Google Maps or download our GPS file.