HOME First Backpacking Trip of the 2006 Season - June 26-28 - Red Pine Canyon We decided to hike up Red Pine Canyon in the wasatch Mountains. We hiked up about 2-3 miles and camped within about 1/2 mile of the lower Red Pine Lake. We didn't get to that lake because it was virtually all snow walking to from our camp to the lake. Other people made it, but we decided to take another hike to some other lakes in Maybird Gulch where the snow was easier to bypass. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get to our campsite with our 30-35 pound packs. You begin at the White Pine Trailhead (at 7,580 feet) and hike up about one mile where it then forks. At the fork hikers can take the White Pine Trail or the Red Pine trail.
Dee crossing the White Pine Snow Melt, as we headed into the Red Pine Drainage Area:
Attempting to get to Red Pine Lake in the snow. We didn't make it since it was so late in the day. But it was fun!
View from our campsite. We were at approximately 9,000 feet here (the Red Pine Lake is about 9,600 feet):
Tom getting our water to filter:
Sunset first night:
Second day, before setting out for our hike:
We saw a little wildlife, a sage hen:
There were beautiful flowers everywhere:
Starting our hike up another trail right at our camp - the Maybird Gulch Trail:
Towards the end of the trail, Pfeifferhorn Peak comes into view:
At the end of the trail are two small lakes. They still have big pieces of glacial ice in them. The elevation here is 9,650 feet. We had to climb over a boulder field and walk a snow field to get over to the smaller lake.
On the way back down - waterfalls flowing out of snow is common:
Healthy and beautiful plant life:
Sunset, second day, view from our campsite:
More flowers on our hike down to our car, third day:
