Liking Mucho Hiking! A blog about our mucho hikes.

 🗻🗻🗻 Mt. Nebo. 9.3 miles. 3,589 elevation gain. Hiked October 17, 2020. Zoom on the picture for a better view of the spine between the two peaks. There are some hikes in the world that you should only do once. And then, there are some hikes I can do over and over again and be quite content. This. Is. Not. One. Of. Them. Leti and I tried to summit Nebo last year, but by the time we got to the first peak, Mt. Nebo was in a cloud. As the weather wasn't great, we pulled off. When we hiked it this year, the weather was great, minus the wind. It was a beautiful day for this hike, but wowza! It was a real test of faith!  We started up the trail and made great time. We did the first 3.5 miles in under 2 hours. The last 1.5 miles was a learning experience. :)  To ascend the North Peak, the trail is quite steep. It is .4 miles, but gains 800 ft. of elevation. We took our time and made it up that, no problem. As people came down, we asked them about the trail. Some summited. Some...

 🌲🌲🌲🌲 Mileage: Between 12.5 and 14.5. Elevation Gain: 3,369 ft. Date hiked: Oct. 15, 2020 Last week, Leti and I decided to hike in the Tushar Mountains, which is near Beaver, Utah. As luck would have it, there is a ski resort not far from the trail heads. So, we packed our bags and prepared for another hiking vacation in nice accommodations at Eagle Point Resort. We stayed in two places at the resort because of a Wi-Fi mix up. Nice place to visit if you so desire. And, not a lot of people around. For the win!   Our first hike started out on a low. The terrain was blah. The trail was ridiculously windy (I felt like I was walking in circles), and it was the last day of the hunt! A majority of the people we saw were hunters. We did not get shot, which is important. Nor did we see any deer. Because it started out in kind of a low spot, I gave this four trees out of five. After the first 3 or so miles, things got better.  You will note that there are no pictures of th...

  Rating: 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Date Hiked: Oct. 2, 2020. Distance: 4ish miles. Elevation Gain: 1,066 feet I usually don't like to shirk my duties at work, but on this particular Friday, I couldn't take it anymore. The hills were calling, and I must go. So, I left work five minutes early without telling anyone. Except it is now on this blog for the universe to see. And, I have to say, I think it was a really good decision. Leti and I wanted to sneak in a hike before General Conference. Since we loose daylight pretty early these days, Friday after work worked perfectly.  We hit the trail and passed a bunch of people on the way up to the Twin Lakes. For the record, I was in serious need of 15 liters of O2. Leti, not so much. When we got to the lake, we had to put on our warm clothes. And then, we decided to walk around the lake, which proved a lot more eventful than we imagined. If we were planning on camping, we decided this would be a great spot. As there isn't a bathroom, we didn...

 Rating: 🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄 Through the trees is Desolation Lake. 4.3 miles. 2,188 ft. elevation gain. Not a great pic. Dates hiked: Sept. 26, 2020 and Sept. 26, 2015. Many, many years ago, Letizia, Rich Ramage, and I were searching for a hike to go on. The Alltrails App didn't exist. But, the internet did. So, we searched, and happened upon a website that talked about this hike starting at a "lonely, green gate". Ha! So, today I know this hike as the Lonely Green Gate hike, but truthfully it is the Beartrap Fork Trail. I gave it five stars or mountains with a sunset because I made it to the top again. This hike is short, but it is very steep.  We didn't plan to do this hike, but our original planned hike was blocked off. The fire in Neff's Canyon means that some hikes in Big Cottonwood Canyon are closed. The Green Gate was open, so we went for it. As we started up this hike, I tried to keep a level head. I didn't want to think I was doing so great on the hike and the...

 Rating: 🥾🥾🥾🥾 White Pine Lake. 10.5 miles 2762 ft. elevation gain. Date Hiked: Oct. 10, 2020 White Pine Lake won out over a loop trail near Alta. And, for the most part, it was the perfect hike. I would not say this hike was steep per say. Just rocky. You might be able to note that from the above picture. So many rocks. Some trails have nice pine needles and few rocks. This trail had few pine needles and a gazillion rocks, which my feet did not appreciate at the end. Also, some of the color was gone already. Tragically. So, four boots out of five.  We hit the trail around 2 p.m.  We found elite parking in the parking lot. (Elite parking comes from everyone's favorite hiker, Vicky Wetzel. As a school teacher, she would try to leave early enough to get Elite Parking which was close to the building. So, we were able to park close to the trailhead.) We both decided that we don't like the first mile of the trail. It is extremely rocky and there are a gazillion people heade...