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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content"><channel><title>EveryTrail Feed</title><description/><link>http://www.everytrail.com</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:12:30 -0200</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:12:30 -0200</pubDate><image><url>http://www.everytrail.com/images/everytrail-logo.png</url><title>EveryTrail</title><link>http://www.everytrail.com</link><description>GPS travel community, geotagging, geotagged photos, Google Maps, GPS tracks, waypoints, coordinates</description><width>144</width><height>41</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[Zion's Kolob Arch, Lee Pass to Wildcat Canyon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jake Pehrson, Will Spencer and Arthur Klinkenburg. We originally planned a different trip, but because of some very cold weather and rain further north we decided to head south in an attempt to avoid the rain a cold.  Both Will and I had got sick right before our trip and we decided we would &quot;tough it out&quot; instead of cancelling the trip. When we arrived at the Kolob Canyon visitor center we really didn't have an exact plan.  We had talked about hiking in to see Kolob Arch, but other then that we were going to &quot;play it by ear&quot;  After a consultation with a Park Ranger and obtaining the necessary permits we came up with the following plan? Day 1: Take our car down to the bottom of Zion's Park and take a shuttle back to Lee Pass.  That way we could meet up with our car at the end of our trip.  Backback from Lee Pass to the trail head of Kolob Arch.  We would stay the night in a designated camping area (I think we were in camp site #12) that night, along the shores of La Verkin Creek. Day 2: Hike up to see Kolob Arch.  Return to camp.  Pack up and hike to Beatty Spring to fill our water bottles.  Hike up to and through Hop Valley and head over to the Northgate Peaks area to stay the night in a non-designated camp site. Day 3: Hike along the Wildcat Canyon trail and then head down the West Rim Trail and stay in a designated camping site along the West Rim Trail. Day 4: Hike out towards &quot;The Grotto&quot; stopping at Angel's landing along the way.  Get in the car and drive home. THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED! Day 1: Day one went exactly as planned (see above). Day 2:  Day two is where we started to have problems.  We did hike up and see Kolob Arch (the second largest arch in the world).  We somehow missed Beatty Spring and sumitted to Hop Valley with little water.  Once in Hop Valley we stopped for lunch and filtered water from the very shallow stream that flowed along the valley floor.  Luckily we had good water filters, because this water is downstream from a heard of cows.  We stopped at the Hop Valley trailhead.  By this time we were exausted.  Will was not feeling great and I was terribly sick. While resting at the trailhead we ran into a ranger.  He check our permits and told us if we couldn't make it to our planned camping spot that we could stop anywhere as long as we camp away from the trail.  We continued to hike along what is called the &quot;connector trail&quot;.  It started to rain and soon got dark.  At a certain point I was unable to continue and we stop below Pine Valley Peak to setup camp.  I was very sick and as soon as the tent was up I laid down.  Arther was kind enough to fix my dinner meal, but I was too sick to sit up and eat it.  I fell asleep quickly (a rarity for me). Day 3:  The next morning I was feeling a little better so we decided to get on our way.  We were all low on water and hoped we would run across a small stream.  The map and my GPS both showed small streams crossing the next part of our journey.  When we arrived at Nothgate Peaks Trail we hike down the trail to look for water, but found none.  On the map (and my GPS) there is a stream that follows Wildcat Canyon Trail.  We hoped we would run into water as we continued our hike.  After a little while we still had not found water and I was fighting to contine.  We stopped to rest as I tried to muster the strength to continue our journey.  After looking at the map we decided that we were still possily 4 miles from the nearest water source and that is IF we could locate it.  We were very close to the Wildcat Canyon trailhead.  Although I rarely quit at anything I decided it was in my best interested to head back to the trailhead.  I offered to let Arthur and Will continue the hike.  I would meet them at The Grotto in a day.  They decided that it was too risky with our lack of water and decided to hiked to the trailhead with me.  At the trailhead we called the shuttle service and they were kind enough to quickly pick us up and take us to our car.  They even brought us some gatoraid.  We ate in town and spent the night in Cedar City. Although we did not accomplish our entire task the trip was rewarding and fun. <br>]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1518081</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1518081</link><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:51:20 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dog Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dog Lake trailhead is located at the Mill D North Fork trailhead about 9 miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  It is an easy trail to follow and although there was still some small snow banks along the the trail towards the top the trail was completely dry and easy to navigate.  I forgot my Etrex Vista HCx so these tracks are from my sister's (Julia) Garmin Forerunner 305.  I would have had the track going back down the trail, but I must have hit the &quot;stop&quot; button when we arrived at the lake.  We follow the exact same route down.  It took us 1 hour and 24 minutes to ascend the trail.  We probably descended about 10-15 minutes faster the our accent for a total round trip time of about 2.5 hours.The hike was uphill almost the entire way to the lake.   For the first .4 miles you rise above the road below.  You then turn to follow a small river (Mill D North Fork?).  After about 1.6 miles you will arrive at a fork in the trail.  The left trail will lead you up to Dog Lake.  The right trail will take you to Desolation Lake.  For the last .64 miles of the trail it gets a little steeper making it the hardest park of the hike.  Most people will have to stop once or twice to &quot;catch their breath&quot; during this final accent.Once you arrive at the top if you are lucky you might notice an animal drinking from the lakes edge.  At the very least you should see animal tracks in the mud banks.  The trail continues and circles the entire lake. From the top you can trace your steps back down to the trail head (for a total of 5.2 miles round trip).  You can also continue over to Millcreek Canyon or descend using Butler Fork trail by continuing along the trail to the south. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1463122-IMG_0452.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1463123-IMG_0453.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1462951-IMG_0454.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1462952-IMG_0455.jpg"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=676307</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=676307</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:10:12 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hike to Doughnut Falls, UT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doughnut falls is an easy hike for both old and young.&amp;nbsp; I took my entire extended family including&amp;nbsp;young kids, 2 pregnant ladies (one was my&amp;nbsp;wife).&amp;nbsp; My 2 year old son walked the hike by himself.&amp;nbsp; Needless to say this is a fairly short hike.&amp;nbsp; You can easily be up and back within 1.5 hours.&amp;nbsp; The hike gains very little elevation.&amp;nbsp; Right before you reach the falls there is a couple of rocks that you have to climb down, but with a little help anybody should be able to do it.&amp;nbsp; Once you get to the falls you have a opportunity (which&amp;nbsp;you should take if you are&amp;nbsp;up to the task) &amp;nbsp;to climb to the top of the falls and watch the water pour through the opening (the doughnut hole)&amp;nbsp;in the mountain and rush out of the cave below, this is a technical climb and care should be taken as you can easily fall on the slippery rocks.&amp;nbsp; If you are not able to climb up to the top of the falls you can admire them from the bottom.&amp;nbsp; It is well worth you hike either way. <br><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SrmucWX8XNI/AAAAAAAAAiA/z-5AlIV0hs0/s200/P1040719.JPG"/> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SrmuhMwUoyI/AAAAAAAAAiE/cqEV6xViZrg/s200/P1040724.JPG"/> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SrmunVXXG0I/AAAAAAAAAiI/mYuWiJh9u9o/s200/P1040726.JPG"/> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SrmusEZfEuI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/m75okJ0Kqh4/s200/P1040729.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=325092</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=325092</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:05:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overnight Backpack Trip to Ibantik]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ben (brother) and I decided last minute to do this backpack trip. &amp;nbsp;We pick Ibantik because it was a fairly short hike and passed quite a few lakes. &amp;nbsp;If you look at our tracks we missed the turn off to Cliff Lake and had to back track a little. &amp;nbsp;We did some fishing and saw some mountain goats (check out the pics). &amp;nbsp;Overall the hike was fairly easy. &amp;nbsp;We did lose the trail a couple of times, but with the help of my GPS we got back on track fairly easy.If you want to check out some of the pics in better quality you can visit:http://picasaweb.google.com/JakePehrson/IbantikPics#If you look at one of the pics by Cliff Lake you can see the climber on the cliff wall. <br><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SoIE8il9upI/AAAAAAAAAdw/0IDUl-DSHW0/s200/DSC00494.JPG"/> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SoIE9M5o0xI/AAAAAAAAAd0/XyeqKglvLkY/s200/DSC00495.JPG"/> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SoIE9u60HXI/AAAAAAAAAd4/OOpyce91Y3M/s200/DSC00496.JPG"/> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xsiEtAeTu6Q/SoIE-CW3DxI/AAAAAAAAAeA/nzIj-gE6qBc/s200/DSC00497.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=310117</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=310117</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:20:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day Hike to Lake Blanche, Lake Lillian, &amp; Lake Florence]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanted to go on a couple of backpack trips again this summer so I need to start getting in better shape.  I thought I picked a fairly easy hike, but this hike was much harder then I anticipated.  It was uphill the entire way.I went with Jeff Wood (friend) and Ben Pehrson (brother).  From the beginning my back was out of place (which rarely happens to me) luckily Ben carried my small pack up for me and by the time I got the top my back was feeling much better.  It was a fun hike and I would do it again.  It took us almost 5 hours for the entire trip (spending a little time at the top).  If you are in moderately good shape it should take you much less.  The view during the hike is great the water was running off the glaciers/lakes very fast creating water falls and a fast running river down the mountain..  When you near the top you will be able to see marks left by ancient glaciers moving across the mountain.  When you reach the top you will have a great view of the 3 lakes (Lake Blanche, Lake Lillian, &amp;amp; Lake Florence) and an amazing view looking back down the valley.   I &quot;caught and released&quot; a small Rubber Boa Snake on the way down. <br><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/3677874860_7ede458f7d_m.jpg"/> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/3677875412_106f33e85d_m.jpg"/> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3677875926_e16c344e4c_m.jpg"/> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/3677061073_b3f2de537c_m.jpg"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=258468</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=258468</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:15:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backpack Trip - High Uintas]]></title><description><![CDATA[This trip was done with Jeff Wood, Brian Wood, and Me (Jake Pehrson).  The week before the trip I decided to hike along to the trail for a while to make sure the trail was dry enough for our weekend trip.  We hike all the way in to Carolyn, fished for a bit and hiked back out. The next weekend we hiked all the way to the Four Lakes Basin.  We left the option open to stop at Lake Carolyn for the first night stay, but felt we could make it the entire length to the basin so we continued on.  The last 2.5 miles before you enter the basin is uphill and the last 1/2 mile is more steep then the rest of the hike and after a long day of hiking will seem much longer then it actually is.  As we entered the basin we were able to see across Jean and Dean lakes into a field just east of Dean Lake.  With the help of my 20x zoom camera we were able to see Moose grazing in the field.  The downhill hike down into the basin seemed easy although we were all tired and were ready to setup camp for the night.  We setup camp away from the lakes so we were able to have a camp fire.  Although most of our cooking was don't with a backpack stove we did use the fire to cook the fish caught during our stay.  There are plenty of places to camp closer to the lake if you want to use a camp stove for cooking and don't want to have a camp fire.    We were all exhausted the second day.  With the previous day hike and the change in altitude we stayed close to camp fishing the two closest lakes Daynes and Dale.  After a laid back second day we took took a long hike around the entire basin on the third day.  We fished the entire basin catching fish at each lake.  The arctic grayling we caught at Daynes Lake were fun to catch and a nice change from the trout that are always found in the Uintas.  We were able to get a closer look at the moose still grazing in the field east of Dean Lake.  Once we got a closer look we noticed that there were a few calves so we kept our distance from them.  During this hike we were able to locate some parts from an old airplane crash.  There were only a few parts left and really was a lack luster find, but if you are interested drop me a line and I can probably send you the GPS coordinates. There are tons a smaller ponds in the basin.  Most had tadpoles in them.  The fields are filled with flowers.  We saw moose, deer, other animals and even a bear track.  At night it sounded like our camp filled with animals walking around.  We hiked out the same way which was fairly uneventful.  It was a great trip and highly recommended. <br><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/3200075355_13b0b4b092_m.jpg"/> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/3200916924_467532b4ce_m.jpg"/> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3200917314_577a00c043_m.jpg"/> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3200072429_171cd7a82b_m.jpg"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=108265</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=108265</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:11:45 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
	