CATHERINES PASS AND SUNSET PEAK

This is a fairly easy hike with a lot to do and see while on this trail. This trailhead is only 5 minutes up the canyon from work so I decided to go on a quick hike with a co-worker before work started. Beautiful hike with amazing views from Sunset Peak.

Catherines Pass with Catherine Lake below
Sunset Peak
Catherines Pass 10,220 ft
Im gonna go hike to the peak!!
View from the Saddle of Lakes Catherine and Mary

Lake Catherine from the saddle
Me and work buddy JD at peak
Lakes Catherine, Martha and Mary from 10,648 ft
On Sunset Peak

Can see Big Cottonwood Rd in distance
Looking toward the Heber Valley
Mt. Timpanogos in distance

American Fork Twin Peaks (left) Hidden Peak and Tram from Snowbird (right)

Heber Valley
Lake Catherine

wildflowers with Sunset Peak in distance
Lake Martha and Mary. Im literally about to hike straight down to get there

Lake Martha. From here I could smell a campfire....
But really it was someone who didnt properly put out there fire from the night before. This

entire campsite was old rotted, decomposed roots and trees and the fire smoldered for hours

getting very close to the dry brush as you see on the top there.

See how close it is on the left? Me and my friend decided to run back and forth to a nearby stream,

fill our camelbacks and douse the fire. We called our fire dept we work with at Snowbird and continued

for 2 hrs to run to the stream and back trying to put it out.

The stream that saved the day

We pulled as much brush away from the fire (left) as we could and had it out after 2 hrs
the fire boys made sure we wouldnt have any further issues
view from fire site of Lake Martha.

Lake Mary, never had time to actually go down since I was already late for work

One last view of Catherines Pass before the fire guys drove me on the 4 wheelers back to the trailhead

MINERAL BASIN TO ALTA HIKE

I decided to go to work early and explore more terrain on my own mountain. So I took the Peruvian Chairlift up to our tunnel and explored back in Mineral Basin. I took a trail to a pass that overlooks both Alta and Mineral Basin with Mt. Timpanogos in the far distance.

I snowboard over this entire grove of trees and I never knew it

Still snow on August 14

Our tunnel takes you back into Mineral Basin. Its the first of its kind in North America, and actually takes you from Salt Lake County into Utah County.

Coming out to Mineral Basin
Sugarloaf Peak

Thats the trail Im about to go hike. It leads to Sugarloaf Pass with views of

Alta and Mineral Basin
Wildflowers are everywhere

Amazing view

Sugarloaf Peak

Panoramic view of Mineral. On the far right

you can see Hidden Peak with the Tram dock, and just left to that

you see the American Fork Twin Peaks.

Yay for Alta
View of Alta from Sugarloaf Pass

Devils Castle in distance. Thats the mountain that sat behind Cecret Lake (Below Post)


The valley from 10,400 ft

Standing on Sugarloaf Pass

creek
Coming down the lift looking at the entire Snowbird Village