Photos from Mill Creek Pipeline Trail

Wanted to share a few photos of the bike ride last Saturday...






As you can see, it was beautiful!

Mountain Biking anyone?

Hello NUDGers!
A small group of us are going mountain biking this Saturday (October 18) on the Mill Creek Pipeline trail (see link). It's a last-chance event before winter hits us for good. Hopefully most of the snow is gone from the snowstorm last week.

We are looking at starting at the Birch Hollow trailhead and heading west, or left, when it joins the main trail. Birch Hollow trail-head is on the left and almost to the gate near the top. The trail does not have much elevation gain or loss, and just meanders along the canyon's north side to a lookout point (about 5.5 miles out). Here is a map from www.utahmountainbiking.com:

So far there are 4 of us going. We'll meet us at the base of Mill Creek Canyon Road (3800 S and Wasatch Blvd.) at 1:45 PM and we'll head up by about 2 PM. Bring your bike, gear, water, and a snack for the trail destination. The plan is to be back to our vehicles by 5 at the latest.

If you plan to join us, visit the blog and leave us a message so we'll know to look for you! Contact Loren on his cell at (801) 698-0990 if you need more information or have trouble finding us. We'll try to consolidate to bikes to one or two vehicles to avoid everyone having to pay the $2.25 fee at the bottom.

August & September activities

The August activity is at the Rio Grande Cafe in SLC this week! I know that there will be at least 1-2 carpools leaving from the Davis County/Ogden areas. Contact someone you know in the group if you didn't get the details in the e-mail that went out. We have outdoor patio dinner reservations. Please RSVP for reservation head count. Easily assessable from Trax and Front Runner.
http://riograndecafe.ypguides.net/

In September look for more details on the Snowbasin Moonlit Gondola Ride Star Party. You can hike, bike or ride the gondola up the mountain. We'll meet at the top for dinner. Bring your own dinner or purchase at Needle's Lodge at the top. You can ride the gondola round trip for $14 or for free coming down if you hike or bike up. Hikers/Bikers meet 3 hours prior to dinner at the Snowbasin Lodge. At the top after dinner enjoy a great look at what we can see of the universe, courtesy of the Ogden Astronomical Society Star Party that will go until 10 pm (the last gondola ride down).

The NUDG e-mail list has been updated. Let us know if you want to receive them or pass them along to those who are interested in joining. I look forward to continuing the summer fun.

See ya soon!

Donut Falls Hike - July (photos)

Donut Falls
Big Cottonwood Canyon - July 19th, 2008

Here is a quick post to share some photos from the morning hike up to Donut Falls. Next time we'll have to have donuts at the top for breakfast. If you want to see some photos from the June activity in Ogden, see the June 29th post below or click here. If you have some photos to share of any event, feel free to post them or e-mail them to someone who can.

For August we're considering the possibility of visiting a restaurant up near Snowbasin, and maybe even another fun outdoor hike or mtn bike ride. Don't forget the gardening service project that Sarah is coordinating at Tracy Aviary this coming Saturday (August 2).

Group shot near the bridge on the way up.

Looking back on the way up, near the top.

River crossing- don't get your feet wet!

Almost there!

Near the top.

Looking up at Donut Falls.

Looking down from Donut Falls.

Another top shot of the falls.


Above the falls- on our way down.

Columbine on way down from the top.

NUDG July Group

Note: If you feel even a little bit uncomfortable about your photos being posted on here, let me know and I can work a little Photoshop magic. It came in handy to remove that guy out of the photo of the falls (at the top of this post). He just kept standing there...