You already know that Mrs. Admin and I kayaked on Saturday. I rounded out the holiday weekend with a hike in the Uinta Mountains on Sunday and mountain biking at Park City Mountain Resort on Monday.
Mrs. Admin and I decided on hiking in the Uintas on Sunday, and talked our new neighbors Tim and Soo into joining us. It was their first time visiting Utah's highest mountain range, having just relocated to Utah from Connecticut, and they brought along their infant daughter Hannah. We brought along our ski posse members and friends AmyZ, Corey and TheOtherAmy. The forecast called for a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms but we managed to stay dry on our loop that headed north from the Crystal Lake trailhead past Cliff Lake and Watson Lake to Clyde Lake, where we ate lunch while Corey caught three brook trout. From Clyde Lake we headed northeast on a trailless route past Booker Lake (the first of the Three Divide Lakes) to meet the Notch Mountain Trail to return to the truck via Wall Lake for a loop totaling 5.6 miles.
Admin's dog Jake and and the neighbor's lab Jack swim together in Watson Lake
Lunchtime at Clyde Lake, at the site of our camp on the first backpacking trip I ever took to the Uintas shortly after moving to Utah
Booker Lake, with Mount Watson in the background
On Labor Day, AmyZ and I decided to hit the break-even mark on our summer pass at Park City Mountain Resort. Weather threatened throughout the day but the clouds never unleashed. We took two rides on the Crescent Lift, one to access Mojave to Mid-Mountain to Spiro, finishing with Silver Spur, and the second to hit Jenni's Trail for the first time for 14 miles total, much of which was more like lift-assisted cross-country than true downhill biking.
AmyZ on Mid-Mountain, with the Silverlode ski runs in the background.
AmyZ on Mid-Mountain, nearing Spiro in Thaynes Canyon
AmyZ approaches a switchback turn on Spiro
Admin on Spiro (photo: AmyZ)
We wrapped up our holiday with a typically fabulous dinner at the home of "Master Chef"-wannabe Marc_C, shared with Mrs. Admin, AmyZ, Bobby Danger, Skidog, our sushi chef Bernardo and his girlfriend Yuko, among others. The menu included pork belly with kim chi, ribs in a habanero teriyaki, dry-rubbed tri-tip, deep-fried long beans, baked stuffed potatoes, flourless chocolate cake and more, all enjoyed on their beautiful patio with the sound of a rock waterfall tumbling behind the table. Good food, good conversation, good friends, good times. Thanks again, Marc!
Mrs. Admin and I decided on hiking in the Uintas on Sunday, and talked our new neighbors Tim and Soo into joining us. It was their first time visiting Utah's highest mountain range, having just relocated to Utah from Connecticut, and they brought along their infant daughter Hannah. We brought along our ski posse members and friends AmyZ, Corey and TheOtherAmy. The forecast called for a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms but we managed to stay dry on our loop that headed north from the Crystal Lake trailhead past Cliff Lake and Watson Lake to Clyde Lake, where we ate lunch while Corey caught three brook trout. From Clyde Lake we headed northeast on a trailless route past Booker Lake (the first of the Three Divide Lakes) to meet the Notch Mountain Trail to return to the truck via Wall Lake for a loop totaling 5.6 miles.
Admin's dog Jake and and the neighbor's lab Jack swim together in Watson Lake
Lunchtime at Clyde Lake, at the site of our camp on the first backpacking trip I ever took to the Uintas shortly after moving to Utah
Booker Lake, with Mount Watson in the background
On Labor Day, AmyZ and I decided to hit the break-even mark on our summer pass at Park City Mountain Resort. Weather threatened throughout the day but the clouds never unleashed. We took two rides on the Crescent Lift, one to access Mojave to Mid-Mountain to Spiro, finishing with Silver Spur, and the second to hit Jenni's Trail for the first time for 14 miles total, much of which was more like lift-assisted cross-country than true downhill biking.
AmyZ on Mid-Mountain, with the Silverlode ski runs in the background.
AmyZ on Mid-Mountain, nearing Spiro in Thaynes Canyon
AmyZ approaches a switchback turn on Spiro
Admin on Spiro (photo: AmyZ)
We wrapped up our holiday with a typically fabulous dinner at the home of "Master Chef"-wannabe Marc_C, shared with Mrs. Admin, AmyZ, Bobby Danger, Skidog, our sushi chef Bernardo and his girlfriend Yuko, among others. The menu included pork belly with kim chi, ribs in a habanero teriyaki, dry-rubbed tri-tip, deep-fried long beans, baked stuffed potatoes, flourless chocolate cake and more, all enjoyed on their beautiful patio with the sound of a rock waterfall tumbling behind the table. Good food, good conversation, good friends, good times. Thanks again, Marc!
