Wasatch Mountains - Salt Lake City, Utah Big Cottonwood Canyon
From Beartrap Fork
With views of
Brighton Ski Resort Mount Millicent Mount Wolverine Mount
Superior Kessler Peak Broads Fork Twin Peaks
Dromedary
Peak Mount Raymond Park City Uinta Mountains Honeycomb Cliffs
American Fork Twin Peaks
Mule Deer Dead Newt
Spiders Butterflies
This area is one of the cleanest, most beautiful
parts of the Wasatch. There are rarely any people on this trail. We hiked to the
mountain bike trail, and then descended down into the lakeside, walked around
the lake, then hike up the other side (south side) of the lake, then veered south
to the Wasatch Crest, then returned to the main trial. It was very peaceful.
Beartrap Fork is about 11 miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It has two entrances,
the second one has a sign that says "Beartrap", they are about the same
distance either way. Just follow the trail and take the first turn north. It gets
very steep near the end. It's about 4 miles round trip.
From the north side of Desolation Lake looking south over the lake
to the Wasatch Crest.
Behind you can see Kessler Peak and
Cottonwood Ridge with Twin Peaks at its end.
The Wasatch Crest hill we hiked to is visible on the top left above
the lake.
The Wasatch Crest hill (foreground) with
Background Peaks: White Baldy (Little Cottonwood Alpine Ridge)
Mount Superior, Monte Cristo, Dromedary, Sunrise, Twin Peaks (Cottonwood
Ridge)
Kessler Peak.
On the right is Mount Raymond and Gobblers Knob.
From the Wasatch Crest hill looking west at the end of the Crest toward
Mount Raymond and Gobblers Knob.
From the Wasatch Crest looking north back to where we came from.
From Lake Desolation looking east
I was wondering why it is called "Desolation"
maybe to discourage others from coming here,
or another idea is that when they first named this place
maybe a fire might have made it look much more desolate.
Looking northwest from Lake Desolation
From the Wasatch Crest trail looking north over Lake Desolation
From atop the Bike Trail looking east.
Soon after, the second guy bit it in the red rock area.
From the same area as the previous picture, looking north to Park
City.
