Temple Fork Trail is an easy, well-trodden foot trail that is particularly beautiful in spring. On the day I placed the cache, I spotted many different kinds of wildflowers blooming in the fields and tucked in the rocks alongside the trail -- purple lupine, pink wild geranium, blazing yellow balsamleaf arrowroot or mulesear, among many others. Even the sagebrush was blooming!
But the main attraction of the hike in summer is probably perennial Temple Fork Creek. Dogs and kids will love it!
Start your hike at the Temple Fork Sawmill trailhead at the end of Spawn Creek Road off Temple Fork Road in Logan Canyon. It’s about a half-mile hike to the cache. A pretty perennial stream runs alongside the trail the entire way, past open juniper and wildflower fields, evergreen slopes and rocky outcrops. Beaver are very active in this area and their ponds may flood the trail at times. I met a hiker last fall who claimed this area was a favorite camping site for Native Americans. He said he has found arrowheads and other relics here. If you find any, please leave them for others to enjoy.
Temple Fork Road is closed at its turnoff in Logan Canyon from Nov. 15 to June 1. It is probably about a 1.5-mile hike to the Spawn Creek Trailhead from there.
There will be a short, easy climb at the cache location.
Congratulations to cachefinder24315, who finally got her week's hike in up the canyon for the FTF!
This cache is part of the series, MountainHobbit’s Mathoms, Year 19. Don’t know what a mathom is? Check out Chapter 1 in The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien to find out the reason for this hobbity celebration!