NEW CANYON: 12 degrees

Quiet. Cold. Blue light landscape. 

THE SAINTS OF NEW CANYON

At least 2 feet of snow, winter as it should be in Utah. Beautiful morning at 11 degrees. 

BLIZZARD

Notes: Big storm. Deep snow. Next time bring the face mask and goggles. Still snowing...

FOOTHILL CRYSTALS

Notes: Fresh crystalline snow overnight. Cold temps and beautiful morning. 

FURRY FOOTHILL FROLLICK

Ozzy & Klausie playing Star Wars in the snow. 

TURKEY STROLL

Happy Thanksgiving!

SKYLINE SNOW

Summit 3:45 RT

Start: So. Skyline turnout

Notes: First snow adventure of the year. Beautiful bluebird day. Just enough snow to keep it interesting but not enough to need snowshoes. 

DAY 3 - THE SCREEN

Windy as hell. There is a saying in Sanpete: when the wind blows in from the south, gail force running, adventure is afoot. 

DAY 2 - THE SCREEN

The whole Steinhaus gang reaches the top. 

DAY 1 - THE SCREEN

33 min up

27 min down

75 flights of stairs

2.45 miles?

Notes: the route is new as the forest service has completed a much needed road project blocking off the many cut throughs. We used to climb straight up the ridge but the route today was more of a switchback. 

Up The Creek

Klaus explored the creek for the first time. Beautiful fall weather and wet dogs. 

MR PETEY BISHOP

Hikers: Kim Amy Juta Hope
Notes: A cold morning with light snowflakes. We hiked to the Bishop's turn off (and frankly it felt like I was just getting started after the itinerary of last week). Conditions are very dry with a RT of 1 hour 40 min.

DEAD WOMAN'S PASS

Inca Trail, Peru
Notes: A climb to 13,800 feet over a 3 day period.

NEW CANYON TO PETEY BISHOP'S

Hikers: Amy, Kim, Juta, HopE, and Mike
RT Distance: 4.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1000 ft.

Kim's Notes: The last time we did this hike (from the bottom of New Canyon to Petey Bishop's turn off) was April 20, 2010. It was great to be back at it again and add to our elevation gain! We now have a new summit mark and are increasing our ability! PLUS, Amy gets the award for wearing a 10+ pack! Go Amy!

Old Post: http://hazardstats.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-canyon.html

HIKING WITH QUINOA

Hikers: Kim Amy Mike Hope Juta
Notes: The Internet tells me quinoa is the perfect grain. I agree, especially when you use it as ballast. One bag of coscto organic quinoa is four pounds and it moulds perfectly to the shape of a pack. Two bags are just right.

BEYOND THE DIVERSION

Hikers: Kim Amy Juta Hope Mike
Notes: Lately we've been going beyond our usual turn around spot. Speeds are increasing, time is stretching, and now we climb the big hill beyond the diversion dam.

EARLY MORNING FASHION

Hikers: Kim Amy Hope Juta Mike
Notes: Life is busy and we are behind in our blogging. Lots of hiking in January and February. Kim always looks pretty fashionable in the mornings. Me, I usually look and feel like I just crawled out of a collapsed building.

HAPPY DOG DAY

A hike up New Canyon approx 6000 feet. It's the middle of February in Utah and not a flake of snow to be found.

NEW CANYON

This hike was a little bit like where's Waldo, but not really. Instead, where's MikE?

MUDDY TRACKS CANYON

Hikers: The Usual Gang
Notes: Melting snow, a happy Kim. This is the spot just above EZ Peezey. It's always the indicator of moisture in the area.