Lamb's Canyon Pass

Spencer and I went on a fun, but very steep hike today up Millcreek Canyon. We planned to go up today because every odd numbered day you can have dogs off-leash, which Jack LOVES! Little did we know that today is actually an even numbered day. Oh well, we still had fun, and the hike we went on is one of the less popular ones so we only saw a handful of other hikers. Thus, Jack was free to roam most of the trip. He always does really well staying with us anyway, and even walks behind us if we want him to.

Before the hike we stopped at a little picnic area for lunch.

Yum! Tuna fish sandwiches!

We started the trail here.

The weather was perfect for hiking! Temps were in the low 70's, with a slight breeze and mostly sunny sky. We found some wild raspberries growing right next to the trail on the way up.

Here's Spencer next to the Lamb's Canyon Pass sign.
If you look close you can see we had 1.8 miles of near vertical hiking left to get to the top!

I had to stop a couple times on the way up. I couldn't believe how STEEP the hike was! It was well worth it though.

Here I am at the top of the hike. The terrain up here was mostly aspens, scrub oak, and dry bushes. Much different than the lower elevations, which were full of pine and greenery everywhere.

When we finally made it to the top, we could see into three different canyons. Neither of us could figure out exactly which canyons we were looking at, but the views were great!

Canyon view #1

Canyon view #2

Canyon view #3 -
The background is really washed out, but we could see what we think was the Salt Lake valley behind Spencer.

We might have gone a little further, but it turned into a watershed area, so Jack was not allowed. Oh well!

No dogs beyond this point!

What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.