Sunday Morning Hiking Series #48-Mormon Pioneer Tr Event Cache

Series Description

For those new to this hiking series, these are social hikes around the Salt Lake area for the purpose of caching, enjoying the outdoors, and getting to know fellow cachers. There tends to be a range of fitness levels that show up for the hikes. As the emphasis is on being social, don't worry if a steep leaves you puffing. I'll be right there clinging to a tree and puffing with you. Our usual meeting time is 8am, and we leave the parking area by 8:05am. The other primary feature of these hikes is that they are short and can be accomplished by noon. Trails tend to be a little emptier on Sunday mornings and we'll be done in time for anyone who has Sunday obligations to attend an afternoon service. If you don't have to be anywhere in the afternoon, there's frequently a longer trail to take. If you would like more information about the whole series of hikes, check out the others in the series in the bookmark list at the right.

NOTE FOR NON-CACHERS: Since there has been a trend toward non-cachers joining us due to cross posting of hikes on hiking groups, just a heads-up. Yes, it's a hike and you are certainly welcome to join us. However, it is a caching hike which means if there are caches along the trail we are going to go search for them. That may mean stepping off the trail briefly or an involved search and/or bushwhack off trail. We are happy to teach you about geocaching. We like to spread our obsession. Just come with the expectation that there will be detours from the trail and it will likely take longer to do the hike with this group than most other groups you've gone with. Searching the woods for a piece of paper in tupperware using billion dollar satellites is fun. Try it, you might like it.

Description for this Hike

This will mark the third trail we have done from this trailhead. This time we will descend the Mormon Pioneer Trail five miles to the Jeremy Ranch Road. It is a fairly easy trail and absolutely beautiful. It won't be relatively flat; it will be all downhill. Depending on snow melt and recent precipitation, it can be a damp trail with the stream and the trail becoming one in spots. Plan your footwear accordingly.

The trail can be done as a there and back or one way with a shuttle at the Jeremy Ranch Rd end. I will have a car set up for a shuttle for those who want to ride back to the top. However,it is easy enough in both directions that daphm was recently surprised to learn she had hiked 10 miles in under four hours when she went down and up.

We're on the side of the ridge that is not watershed so dogs are welcome. The trail varies from shady near the bottom to being exposed for long sections near the top. Bring the hats and sunscreen. There are pit toilets at both ends of the trail. Bring the camera too. This is where a porcupine was recently spotted climbing a tree!