Holbrook Canyon




 


Snow

Wednesday May 4, 2011 our scout troop went on a short hike up Holbook Canyon by the Bountiful Temple.  I was wondering on how high the water in the river would be because of all the snowpack.  We arrived and to my suprise it wasn't flooding as high as I thought it would be.  We had walked about a quarter of a mile, and already had can across some snow.  I expected to see some, but not until higher up in the hike.  We continued up the trail, crossing the river as we went along.  You could hear the sound of the river the entire way.

Ridgeline



River



After a bit, the trail started to go up on the mountain ridgeline.  This was my favorite part of it, because of the view.  The view was very cool, and you could see a small part of the Great Salt Lake from the very top.  And you could hear the sounds of the river below.  What supprised me, was that we didn't see any wildlife.  But the view after the hike made up for that.  And the snowball fights that we had along the way.

Tunnel

At the starting point of the hike, there was a tunnel that went under the road, that just had to have exploring!  We went to the end of it and was very suprised.  It looked like a massive water slide!  That would have been so fun to tube down, but then I thought about it and know that as soon as you hit that corner, well, it didn't seem like such a good idea.



Big Slope

 

I looked over the valle and saw how much the lake had risen over the past months.  It looked differently than it had in past years.  At that moment I realized what people were missing.  The views from uptop were spectacular!  Everyone should have this oppertunity, because it is truly amazing!

Great Salt Lake



Sunset