sixstringsteve
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With Granite Flatts ablaze, we headed up the canyon to meet at Tibble Fork. We saw the Low Range guys up there too, it was nice to run into them. Mesha, Omgbecki, myself, and Orvis Crawler headed up to the trailhead. On the way we noticed a firetruck filling up with water just above the bridge on trail 41, just north of Tibble Fork Reservoir.
Surprisingly, it wasn't very busy on a weeknight. There were tons of open campsites above the trailhead to Forest Lake. The trail was quite uneventful, everyone got to the top of the trail just as it was getting dark.
The fire ban had just been lifted 20 hours earlier, so we struck up a fire. The pie iron came out and we had hot dogs and grilled cheese sandwiches. About an hour or two later, we heard a big V8 coming our way. BillyLight showed up in his sweet wagoneer. He joined us at the fire and we went to bed for the night. It was a beautiful night with a full moon.
The next morning we hiked up around the snowbird lifts. We saw water seeping out of a rock, a group of horses, a doe, some primitive pipes made out of hollowed tree trunks, and evidence of a nearby mine. It was a beautiful day. After exploring a bit, we headed back down the trail. Mesha and Omgbecki had to head home, while Billy, Orviscrawler and his girlfriend (sorry, I forgot her name), and me and Fender started hiking up the Pittsburgh Lake trail. The trail was really loose, rocky, and dusty. There wasn't much shade and it got hot fast. The trail was very steep and rugged. So rugged in fact, that I wouldn't want to take my rig up it even if the trail were open to motorized vehicles. It'd be a blast on a dirt bike, but I digress...
We continued up the trail, fender barking at us to keep moving on. After what seemed like an eternity, but ended up being about an hour and 15 min in reality, we crossed some other hikers who told us we were close. 20 min later and we were at the lake. It is a stunning lake and it would be an incredible place to camp overnight (aside from the hike up to it). Billy, Fender and I decided to swim in the lake since it was such a hot day while Sean and his girl hung out in the shade. Billy swam across the lake and back while I chickened out and got cold enough to get out of the lake. We all realized that we hadn't eaten nearly enough calories for the hike, and we were staring to bonk. Thankfully, Billy was Mr. Prepared and had cliff bars and Samurai nuts for us. We snacked a bit then headed to check out the cabin on the north side of the lake. It was surprisingly in remarkable condition. After 10 min of checking out the cabin we decided to head back to the car and get home so we could eat some food and regain our energy. I think the trip down the trail was slower than the trip up. It was so loose and steep that it took at least an hour and a half to get down. We got down, headed to our cars and headed home. It was a great trip.
[Youtube]H66flcfX0IE[/YouTube]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H66flcfX0IE
Surprisingly, it wasn't very busy on a weeknight. There were tons of open campsites above the trailhead to Forest Lake. The trail was quite uneventful, everyone got to the top of the trail just as it was getting dark.
The fire ban had just been lifted 20 hours earlier, so we struck up a fire. The pie iron came out and we had hot dogs and grilled cheese sandwiches. About an hour or two later, we heard a big V8 coming our way. BillyLight showed up in his sweet wagoneer. He joined us at the fire and we went to bed for the night. It was a beautiful night with a full moon.
The next morning we hiked up around the snowbird lifts. We saw water seeping out of a rock, a group of horses, a doe, some primitive pipes made out of hollowed tree trunks, and evidence of a nearby mine. It was a beautiful day. After exploring a bit, we headed back down the trail. Mesha and Omgbecki had to head home, while Billy, Orviscrawler and his girlfriend (sorry, I forgot her name), and me and Fender started hiking up the Pittsburgh Lake trail. The trail was really loose, rocky, and dusty. There wasn't much shade and it got hot fast. The trail was very steep and rugged. So rugged in fact, that I wouldn't want to take my rig up it even if the trail were open to motorized vehicles. It'd be a blast on a dirt bike, but I digress...
We continued up the trail, fender barking at us to keep moving on. After what seemed like an eternity, but ended up being about an hour and 15 min in reality, we crossed some other hikers who told us we were close. 20 min later and we were at the lake. It is a stunning lake and it would be an incredible place to camp overnight (aside from the hike up to it). Billy, Fender and I decided to swim in the lake since it was such a hot day while Sean and his girl hung out in the shade. Billy swam across the lake and back while I chickened out and got cold enough to get out of the lake. We all realized that we hadn't eaten nearly enough calories for the hike, and we were staring to bonk. Thankfully, Billy was Mr. Prepared and had cliff bars and Samurai nuts for us. We snacked a bit then headed to check out the cabin on the north side of the lake. It was surprisingly in remarkable condition. After 10 min of checking out the cabin we decided to head back to the car and get home so we could eat some food and regain our energy. I think the trip down the trail was slower than the trip up. It was so loose and steep that it took at least an hour and a half to get down. We got down, headed to our cars and headed home. It was a great trip.
[Youtube]H66flcfX0IE[/YouTube]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H66flcfX0IE
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