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Crimson Trail, 27 August, 2023
Twelve dedicated hikers: Mira, Ralph, Dave P, Jane, Dave W, Susan, Teresa, Deanna, Cameron, David, Laurel, Brent L (leader) enjoyed a clockwise hike of the Crimson Trail on Sunday morning.
We had the good fortune of being on the trail between the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon storms. Hiking conditions were ideal with moderate temperatures, sunshine and a damp but firm trail...dust was not an issue today.
Dave W and Jane elected to spend an hour pulling myrtle spurge near the trail while the rest of us continued down to Spring Hollow Campground, Group B campsite, where we stopped for lunch.
We enjoyed stimulating conversation, a few remaining wildflowers, mature grasses and expansive views down the canyon.
Trip Summary
- 12 participants: Mira, Ralph, Dave P, Jane, Dave W, Susan, Teresa, Deanna, Cameron, David, Laurel, and Brent L (leader)
- Drove 7
miles to Spring Hollow Campground
- Started
hiking at 8:20 on the Riverside Nature Trail toward
Guinavah Campground, then returned to Spring Hollow
via the Crimson Trail
- Lunch at Spring Hollow Campground 1:30-12:00, back to cars at 12:05 (Dave W and Jane returned to the cars at 1:15)
- Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures and calm winds
- Hiked about
4.5 miles with about 1000 feet of elevation
Thanks
to Brent L for the narrative and photos, Dave P, Susan
and Jane for photos, and Ralph and Dave W for photos
and GPS data.
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| The Riverside
Nature Trail trailhead at Spring Hollow Campground |
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| A moose carcass along the Riverside NT |
Rocks occasionally fall from the
outcropping here |
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| A wet area on the Riverside NT | Cache Hikers on the Crimson
Trail |
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| View up Logan Canyon to Temple Peak |
View across Logan Canyon to Beirdneau
Peak |
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| View down Logan Canyon toward Cache
Valley |
View across Logan Canyon to the
Wind Caves |
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| Dewitt Springs, seen from the Crimson
Trail, is a major source of Logan's drinking water |
Several signs mark the way along the
Riverside Nature Trail and Crimson Trail |
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| Apple trees at
the Spring Hollow Campground (a girls lodge was
once located here) |
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| Hoary aster |
Goldenrod |
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| Fairybells (this
is how fairybell flowers look in May) |
Showy goldeneye |
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| Rattlesnake
plantain leaves (left) and flowers (right) |
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| Fireweed |
Reed Canary Grass |
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| Myrtle spurge
grows along the Crimson Trail despite more than 10
years of volunteer effort to eradicate it - this
invasive plant has the potential to infest our
local mountains like it has in the Salt
Lake area |
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| Snail shells are seen along the trail (these native snails emerge in rainy weather) | A Garden Tiger Moth larva? | ||
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Our GPS track shows about 4.5
miles and 1000 feet
of ascent.
You can look at our route using Google Earth
or download our GPS file.
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