Red Pine Lake Trail

Location: Little Cottonwood Utah

Elevation to start: 7650 ft

Elevation gain/loss: 2450 ft

Distance:  7 miles

Difficulty: Strenuous/ Diffiult

Notes:  steep and VERY rocky, trail follows an old stream bed- lots of small boulders, loose rocks, and some climbing, beautiful lake, partially shaded

Training HIke #7: Squaw Trail

Location: Kanab Utah

Elevation to start: 5001 ft

Elevation gain/loss: 325 ft

Distance: 2 miles

Difficulty: easy/Moderate

Notes:  trail fades/ tough to find at times/ not well marked, risk of mountain lions, lots of hikers with dogs, nice views

Training Hike #10: White Pine Lake

Location:  Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Elevation to start: 7500 ft

Elevation gain/loss: +2540 ft

Distance: 9 miles

Difficulty: Strenuous

Notes: lots of streams/ wetland crossings, rocky glacial fields, bring insent repellant- insects are bad in the field areas, cold temperatures at the lake!, jogged downthe trail due to blister pain, plenty of company on the trail, Gorgeous hike! One of my favorites so far

Lake Blanche and Sundial peak

Location: Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Mill B South Fork Picnic Ground is the trailhead

Elevation to start: 6200 ft

Elevation gain/loss: 2780 ft

Distance: 6.64 miles

Difficulty: Difficult/ Strenuous

Notes: Rocky, steep trail, trekking poles needed in some psots, too narrow for other spots

Sundial peak behind Lake Blache

View west of Lake Blanche

slickrock hiking to the west of the lake

Looking back at the trail- almost there!

Granite fields

Narrow, leafy trail in some parts

Wide open trail in other spots

The steep, rocky path at the end of the trail, close to the lake