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Sink Hollow Ski/Snowshoe, 12 January, 2025
Twenty skiers and snowshoers met at the Smith’s Marketplace parking lot, left Logan at 10:10 a.m., and carpooled up Logan Canyon, arriving at the trailhead parking lot at 10:45 a.m. The group paused for a group photo and started on the trail about 11:00 a.m. A snow event the previous day/evening left a couple inches of new snow on the trail.
We traveled through open areas created by a previous timber harvest for the first mile, and then relatively dense spruce-fir-pine forest until we reached the sink and nearby Idaho state line about 12:30 p.m. After a group photo, we started our lunch break at the sink at 12:45 p.m.
During lunch, Dave W. provided an overview of the geology of the area and the formation of the sink and some history of the cave entrance at the bottom of the sink. Ralph provided an overview of the crash of a plane carrying Korean War soldiers returning from the war some 72 years ago. This crash occurred about 2 miles from the state line near Pat Hollow where a memorial exists today.
After lunch, we headed back to the trailhead, arriving at 2:15 p.m.
Trip Summary:
- 20 skiers/snowshoers: Brent L., Brent J., Chris, Kathy, Dave P., Dave W., Jane, Bree, Mitchell, Darcie, David, Michelle, Josiah, Teresa, Sue, Bruce, Susan, Jesse, Linda, and Ralph (leader)
- Drove 29 miles to Sink Hollow Winter Trailhead near Beaver Mountain Ski Area
- 4.2 miles round trip, mostly through forested terrain; approximately 450 feet elevation gain
- Mostly sunny with occasional light snow, light wind, typical January temperatures in the mid 20’s.
Thanks
to Ralph for the narrative, photos and GPS data, and
Dave W, Dave P, Kathy, Jane, Bruce and Sue for photos.
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| The Sink Hollow Trailhead on the Great Western Trail | |||
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| We traveled north through State lands (blue) along the reforested area (red) into the National Forest (green) | |||
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| Heading north
on the Sink Hollow Road, FR 110, past the area of
previous timber harvesting |
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| The trail became a tree-lined corridor after we entered the National Forest | |||
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| On the Sink
Hollow Trail |
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| Happy to be in Idaho! | |||
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| Our lunch spot
near the Sink Hollow sink |
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Our GPS track shows about 4.2 miles
and 450
feet
of ascent.
You can look at our route using Google
Earth or download our GPS file.
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