Photo(s) of the day...

[Daniel]

I went for a hike this past Sunday that took place inbounds at Solitude and Brighton and included out-of-bounds terrain between Solitude, Brighton, and Alta. I started at the carpark at Solitude's village, heading up to the top of Corner Chute, then following the SolBright trail to just below Twin Lakes dam. There I entered Brighton skiing/riding terrain and traversed over to the cat track leading up to the top shack of the Millicent chairlift and climbed Mt. Millicent to the summit. This photo is of one of the four French Gazex remote avalanche control devices strategically positioned high on the slopes of Mt. Millicent. Downslope is the upper station of the Millicent chairlift and one of Brighton's patrol shacks, with Twin Lakes further downslope.

This photo is of Lake Mary, taken from Mt. Millicent's summit.

This photo is of Lake Martha (center of photo), also taken from Mt. Millicent's summit.

This photo is of Lake Catherine (center of photo), taken from Mt. Millicent's summit. This photo and the previous two feature some of Brighton's lift accessed and traverse to/hike to ski/snowboard terrain.

This photo is of the Brighton loop road, which forms the upper end of BCC, and some of Brighton Ski Resort's base facilities. Some of the Guardsman Pass Road leading to both Park City and Heber City can be seen to the upper left of and straight above the loop road.

Looking back toward Solitude, where the upper station of the Summit Express chairlift can be seen left of center straight above the left end of Twin Lakes.

 

[4ster]

East

West

 

[Daniel]

Heading toward Alta from Mt. Millicent, I followed the ridgeline to Wolverine Peak. On the shoulder of the peak I snapped this photo of a significant portion of Wolverine Cirque, a popular backcountry destination for local riders and skiers. Unfortunately, several deaths have also occurred here over the years, including well known skiers Roman Latta and Merrill Bitter.

A view of Wolverine Peak and Wolverine Cirque from an earlier hike.

From Wolverine Peak's summit I traversed over to the summit of Mt. Tuscarora, where I took this photo of Alta's Devils Castle.

Another photo taken from Mt. Tuscarora's summit of Alta's Supreme chairlift upper station (slightly right of center) and the Catherine's area of the resort.

After descending to Catherine Pass from Mt. Tuscarora, I continued to lose elevation while passing by Lake Catherine, Lake Martha, and Lake Mary, where I took this photo.

Another photo of Lake Mary, but from the opposite end.

 

[Posaune]

Sunset next to the Straight of Juan de Fuca from Salt Creek County Park in WA last Sunday.

And later last week we stopped in the Hoh Rain Forest and took a hike. This is a giant tree root ball left over after a big one toppled over, with new, smaller trees growing out of it:

 

[4ster]

North

South

 

[James]

Killington E trail hike up, looking from Escapade

From Killington Peak

The man made snow under the North Ridge Lift.

 

[scott43]

Just the best time of year..

 

[Jilly]

Yup!! Thanksgiving weekend!! Enough colour for you Tricia!!

 

[Daniel]

I took this photo early Saturday evening immediately after putting the finishing touches on the re-staining of our deck. I'm looking up at the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains between the mouths of BCC and LCC from the east bench of Cottonwood Heights.

 

[Jack skis]

Full moon this morning over Fidalgo Head, condos, and the Flounder Bay Marina.

 

[Lauren]

I'll be sharing a trip report of my full trip in the future, but here's a couple favorites (choosing favorites is no easy task here!).

Can't wait to read it!

I'm looking forward to your trip report.

Thought I'd post here that the full trip report is up in the Articles section LINK HERE. I know I sometimes I just scan the "New Posts" and tend to miss some articles, so thought I'd mention that it's out there

 

[Doug Briggs]

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Killington E trail hike up, looking from Escapade

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From Killington Peak

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The man made snow under the North Ridge Lift.

Is the last shot part of the WC venue?

 

[Doug Briggs]

Evans Notch, NH

From an overlook near the summit...

Looking down valley.

The Wild River as seen from a pedestrian bridge. In Gilead, NH.

 

[ZionPow]

One of green sea turtles that I have been swimming with this week came up on the Kamaole Beach, Maui last evening for sunset. She was back in the water and I swam with her and the others this morning.

 

[James]

Is the last shot part of the WC venue?

No, it’s the early season death strip. Gondola up, walk down stairs mostly, then ski.
The wcup trail is Superstar, which pretty much goes down to the access road.

This is Superstar-

From May 30th, Memorial Day, this year. First two runs were nuts. They blew some snow on the top headwall this weekend. We passed someone coming down with his skis. I’m certain it was terrible.

Final pitch.

 

[Lorenzzo]

This is a branch of Provo Canyon taken this afternoon. Sundance is on the opposite rim on the slopes of the largest of the canyon’s mountains - Mt Timinogos.

 

[dbostedo]

From this morning's hike near Vail... the big open field up high is the Larkspur area at Beaver Creek.

 

[Daniel]

This past Sunday I combined a bike ride and hike, starting from my home in Cottonwood Heights. I cycled north along the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley until arriving at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. I rode up the canyon to Little Mountain Pass then down to Mountain Dell Reservoir, where I connected to East Canyon and ascended Big Mountain Pass. Here's a photo from the pass looking back toward the Salt Lake Valley.

I pushed my bike into the forest and locked it to a couple of decent-sized trees and headed downhill on the Mormon Pioneer Trail. After 4.55 miles of mostly mellow downhill hiking I arrived at the eastern trailhead located on Jeremy Ranch Road at Mormon Flat. After hydrating and consuming some food, I retraced my steps uphill to where I'd started the hike. Traveling both directions, I spotted this bull moose lying down a short ways off the trail (probably need to zoom in to see him hidden left of center in the vegetation). The sun is illuminating a portion of his antlers.

When I returned to Big Mountain Pass, there were several paragliders flying overhead. Here's a photo of one of them.

The ride home was mostly downhill, with a gentle tailwind pushing me southward once I arrived back in the valley.

 

[Mel]

BC’s coastal mountains, headed west this morning

 

[James]

Top of Killington Saturday

Pico on the right.

Near the bottom. The gondola is closed till October 24th.