wildmanh
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Last weekend My brother, His wife and their oldest daughter and I went backpacking up Canal Canyon to Dry Lake. You can take a 4x4 trail from the main canyon, or you can take a 1.3 mile hiking trail in. We hiked in the 1.3 mile trail. The first half of the trail is easy going, it's just along the standard Canal Canyon trail. It's a gentle slope so nothing bad. But most of the second half is up a somewhat steep ravine. Slow going, but really pretty. Once you get up the ravine into the valley, it's easy going the last little bit of the trail.
As the name implies, Dry Lake is an old dry lake bed, more like an old dry pond. The lake bed is mostly flat, covered in grass and wild flowers, no rocks, pebbles or other things to bother your sleep. A really pretty area close to town. The views were pretty sweet!
We hiked in slowly. Shed our packs, rested then setup camp. Made a fire, enjoyed a warm dinner, chit chatted, played with the GPS programs on our phones, took pics and had a good time. That night, the temps got around 26 degrees. I almost froze my back side off. I was prepped for mid to upper 30's not mid to lower 20's. The next morning, things warmed right up once the sun hit us. We had breakfast, explored the lake bed, took pictures, checked out the views from the north side [We could see the Church Building 3 blocks north of my house], packed up and headed back down. Aside from the cold night, it was a great trip!
The start of Dry Lake Trail. Doesn't look to bad does it? Just you wait!
The start of Dry Lake Trail. Doesn't look to bad does it? Just you wait!
The Horse Shoe. It's one of 3+ Horse shoe shaped Glacial formations up out canyons.
My niece taking a break after arriving at DRy Lake.
Looking at the North East corner of Dry lake.
Hiking out in the Morning.
One of the ridges above Dry Lake.
The southern end of Dry Lake, about to head down into the Ravine.
The big Horse Shoe glowing in the Morning light!
Love The Horse Shoe.
Young Choke Cherry plant.
Pretty yellow Flowers.
I don't remember what this ever green is called. Notice the light pink flowers?
My brother and his family went on ahead as I was taking pictures.
Looking North along our back trail.
Continued. . . . .
As the name implies, Dry Lake is an old dry lake bed, more like an old dry pond. The lake bed is mostly flat, covered in grass and wild flowers, no rocks, pebbles or other things to bother your sleep. A really pretty area close to town. The views were pretty sweet!
We hiked in slowly. Shed our packs, rested then setup camp. Made a fire, enjoyed a warm dinner, chit chatted, played with the GPS programs on our phones, took pics and had a good time. That night, the temps got around 26 degrees. I almost froze my back side off. I was prepped for mid to upper 30's not mid to lower 20's. The next morning, things warmed right up once the sun hit us. We had breakfast, explored the lake bed, took pictures, checked out the views from the north side [We could see the Church Building 3 blocks north of my house], packed up and headed back down. Aside from the cold night, it was a great trip!
The start of Dry Lake Trail. Doesn't look to bad does it? Just you wait!
The start of Dry Lake Trail. Doesn't look to bad does it? Just you wait!
The Horse Shoe. It's one of 3+ Horse shoe shaped Glacial formations up out canyons.
My niece taking a break after arriving at DRy Lake.
Looking at the North East corner of Dry lake.
Hiking out in the Morning.
One of the ridges above Dry Lake.
The southern end of Dry Lake, about to head down into the Ravine.
The big Horse Shoe glowing in the Morning light!
Love The Horse Shoe.
Young Choke Cherry plant.
Pretty yellow Flowers.
I don't remember what this ever green is called. Notice the light pink flowers?
My brother and his family went on ahead as I was taking pictures.
Looking North along our back trail.
Continued. . . . .
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