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Days Fork Canyon, BC Canyon, Ut

cruiseroutfit

cruiseroutfit

Cruizah!
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Ok EZ... How far does this old road go? Anywhere near the ridge looking down into Alta (that is the end of the road as per the old USGS topo)...

Topo shows ~3.4 miles from the bottom to the top (ridge overlooking Alta)...

I know you have hiked it to the top... how far do you think you and I hiked it that day? We never did find the "road improvments" made by the owners...
 
iceaxe

iceaxe

Backroad Adventurer
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I have hiked Days fork a few times but it's been several years, the road goes up pretty far but I don't recall finding it on the last upper slope at the head of the canyon, though I remember switchbacks, I think they were just single track?
 
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chevtech

Seasoned Mall Cruiser
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Next door
You can't get out of the bowl. It's like straight up, single track switch-backs are the only way out.

Gorgeous canyon.......

My favorite canyon in Big or Little Cottonwood. Cool steam boilers at the top, truly beautiful.....


:)
 
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chevtech

Seasoned Mall Cruiser
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Next door
cruiseroutfit said:
Steam boilers... as in the Prince of Wales Mine (Silver Fork Canyon)???
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No, their are boilers at the top of Days Fork too. Probably about 15-25 years newer then the Prince of Whales stuff though. There's also another boiler down lower from the Prince of Wales mine in the same bowl. Gawd I love all that stuff in there. Isn't the external camshaft, steam piston, and 5' flywheel at the Prince of Wales mine the coolest?

I love that stuff.


:)
 
cruiseroutfit

cruiseroutfit

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chevtech said:
No, their are boilers at the top of Days Fork too. ...
I love that stuff...
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Sweet, thanks for all the info! :cool:

I love old mining history too... We ought to go up there one of these days and swap info... EZ and I have collected quite a bit of early literature regarding the mines in BC Canyon (maps, reports, etc)
:D
 
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