I read in Thursday's Salt Lake Tribune about a cool website
http://www.wasatchhiker.com/trails/name-search/ and the article said that the web master, Eric Bean's favorite hike was the hike to Mount Wolverine, so I checked it out, and it is an awesome hike. I parked at Silver Lake Trailhead, went half-way around the lake, and took the trail to Twin Lakes. From there I took the trail on the North side of the dam that goes above the lake to Twin Lakes Pass. The view from there is awesome, and that alone would be a worthwhile hike, but I continued up the ridge top my left and did a geocache called
Mending My Ways. It was on a fairly large peak, that is un-named as far as I can tell.
I then continued on to Mount wolverine, and found the cache there, called
The Return of Wolverine.
Mount Wolverine is the tallest of the peaks in the Brighton area. The elevation is 10, 795 feet. From there, I could see the Salt Lake Valley, Kennecott Copper Mine, Cecret Lake, Snowbird, Alta, Midway, and Lake Mary. I was tempted to head down to Lake Mary and make a loop, but decided to save that for another day, and headed down the way I came. It took me just under 2 hours to get back to the trailhead. The entire hike was just over 7 miles including a little bit of exploring before reaching the pass. It was a gorgeous hike, with the Aspens greening up, and lots of wildflowers appearing. I used all of 2 liters of water that I brought, and should have applied sunscreen a little more frequently than once!
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| Ducklings in Silver Lake |
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| Silver Lake view from trail to Twin Lakes |
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| Trail to Twin Lakes Pass |
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| Wildflowers along the way |
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| Twin Lakes |
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| Marker at Twin Lakes Pass |
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| View from Twin Lakes Pass |
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| "Mending My Ways" geocache |
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| View from Mt. Wolverine |
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Twin Lakes viewed through twin rocks by twin
trekking poles |
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| A Marmott on a rock |
Amazing pictures!!! I love hiking in that area, can't wait to try Mnt. Wolverine.
ReplyDeleteWow that looks amazing. I've only made it up to twin lakes and that alone was enough for me!
ReplyDeleteUncle John, thank for inviting me to your blog. I am so exited to go on these hikes. This week we went to Calf Creek Falls Nd it was amazing we loved it. Thanks you for telling us to bring fishing poles. They pulled out about 25 fish. The kids were loving it. Ben said " It is his favorite place ever." We also went to the slot canyons and hiked up and down Peek a Boo canyon. It was amazing. Thanks so much for all the advice we had a great time. I can't wait to read and see pictures of more hikes. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it too! I want to go back down in the fall!
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