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Swan Flat Road Ski/Snowshoe, 2 March, 2025
Sixteen Cache Hikers met at Smith’s Marketplace parking lot for an outing on a lovely bluebird springlike day; Dave P., Chris, Teresa, and Dave W. on skis and Susan (leader), Brent L., Kathy, Bree, Darcie, Linda, Brent J., Hiro, Sue, Bruce, Jane, and Austin on snowshoes.
We drove 31 miles to the Swan Flat Winter Trailhead parking area by the UDOT sheds arriving about 11 am. After a bit of discussion, the group decided to avoid carrying gear up and across the sheds driveway, so we began our trek to the east of the sheds nearer to where we parked. Dave P. was the guide for the first part of the trek heading north toward the familiar sink.
We soon arrived at the sink and after a bit of discussion, headed around the sink’s north side to connect with the traditional route coming in from the west. We continued north and then turned east and up toward the Swan Flat Road.
Once everyone arrived at the road, we decided to climb up the east slope to some rocks where we had lunch with gorgeous views of Beaver Mountain and the Bear River Range to the west. On the return trip, one skier chose to traverse lower down through the trees while the others headed down the road toward the parking area.
Trip Summary:
- Sixteen Cache Hikers; Teresa, Dave P., Dave W., and Chris on skis. Brent L., Kathy, Bree, Darcie, Linda, Brent J., Hiro, Sue, Bruce, Jane, Austin, and Susan (leader) on snowshoes.
- Drove 31
miles to the Swan Flat Winter Trailhead (aka the UDOT
sheds)
- Started at
trailhead about 11 am
- Lunch from
12:15-12:45 pm, back at vehicles around 1:30 pm,
arrived in Logan about 2 pm
- Clear, sunny, calm, with temperatures in the upper 40s
- Great views to the west
- Spring snow with crust; 115 cm depth at the lunch spot
- Encountered only a few snowmobiles and two (separate) skiers with dogs
- Traveled
about 2.1 miles with about 300 feet of ascent
Thanks
to Susan for the narrative, Sue, Bree, Jane and Bruce
for photos, and Dave W for photos and GPS data.
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| Near the trailhead and the start of our trip | |||
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| Heading west around the north side of the sink | |||
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| Looking down
into Amazon Hollow North Fork before turning to
the north |
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| That's the
direction we want to go! |
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| Traveling
north from the sink in a group |
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| Hikers spread out as they found their
own route to climb east to the road |
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| Almost to the Swan Flat Road | Snowmobiles are not allowed above the
road here |
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| Our sunny lunch location |
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| There were
great views of the Bear River Range, looking west
from our lunch spot |
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| Traveling down the Swan Flat Road
and
back to the trailhead |
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Our GPS track (red) shows about 2.1 miles
and 300
feet
of ascent (the blue track is our route
from a previous year).
You can look at our route using Google Earth
or download our GPS
file.
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