Sky path; trail's end
This unnamed peak/hill (at least as far as I as have been able determine) leads to a striking overlook of the Salt Lake valley and boasts a nice remnant and largely intact bunchgrass community which is unusual to find in our area at foothill elevations. One wonders how many scouts and later members of pioneer families (including the Donner-Reed party who camped not far from here in late August of 1846) may have climbed this hill to get a better view of what they were facing in the journey ahead (or for many, the end of one journey and the beginning of another). And the generations of native peoples who came before and may have used this point to look for game, to watch for enemies and enjoy the cool evening summer breeze. This also would have made a very nice vantage point for staring at a sparkling and deep Lake Bonneville completely filling the valley bellow and stretching for miles and miles into the distance, while sitting in a lawn chair and soaking up some rays (with appropriate sun protection!) for an undefined period of time. The silence at times may have been deafening.
Oct. 18, 2014, lower Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. The crest of the hill is at an elevation of about 5,760 ft.
Sky path; trail's end
This unnamed peak/hill (at least as far as I as have been able determine) leads to a striking overlook of the Salt Lake valley and boasts a nice remnant and largely intact bunchgrass community which is unusual to find in our area at foothill elevations. One wonders how many scouts and later members of pioneer families (including the Donner-Reed party who camped not far from here in late August of 1846) may have climbed this hill to get a better view of what they were facing in the journey ahead (or for many, the end of one journey and the beginning of another). And the generations of native peoples who came before and may have used this point to look for game, to watch for enemies and enjoy the cool evening summer breeze. This also would have made a very nice vantage point for staring at a sparkling and deep Lake Bonneville completely filling the valley bellow and stretching for miles and miles into the distance, while sitting in a lawn chair and soaking up some rays (with appropriate sun protection!) for an undefined period of time. The silence at times may have been deafening.
Oct. 18, 2014, lower Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. The crest of the hill is at an elevation of about 5,760 ft.