Lone Peak

I went hiking with my roommate Benj, his sister Katherine, and friend Wendy Lee. It was a pretty crazy hike. We started at the Draper side although it was supposed to be the prettier and less of an incline... The problem was that there was a huge fire there a couple of weeks before and had burned the mountain side and it was still steep but had 2 extra miles of flat. It did have an awesome view of the valley as you could see both the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake (two of the most beautiful lakes in the entire world!) We also could see IKEA which the girls ended up getting a picture of. We came across wild raspberries and elderberries and ate enough to almost get diarrhea but we didn't. Along the trail there was a cabin that some brothers had made and had actually saved a couple of people from freezing to death when they were caught in a blizzard last year. It smelled like urine but it was pretty cool that they had taken the time to build it.

Lone peak had a incredible view and it was kind of freaky having to balance on rocks with sheer cliffs of a couple of hundred feet on both sides of you. But it was worth the climb. On the way back, I led us down the wrong canyon (as there are many trails to get to Lone Peak) and luckily Benj had his GPS. We ended up having to do a little rock climbing. It was quite the adventure. We finally made it back to our cars after 16 miles and 12 hrs of hiking. It is a good hike and not for the weak hearted but it is one I would recommend for the view and the experience.