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| ericwillhite | Ridge hike and one on the ridgeline  Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| Hiked with the wife and kids. Don't miss peak 9491, trail goes just below the summit on way to Thurston. Map and pictures at http://www.willhiteweb.com/index_214.htm | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2009 10:47 pm | ||
| shphilby | Fast Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| Had to grab this one cuz kirt was one peak up on me. lol | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 11:29 am | ||
| MikerHiker | Nice Hike Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009 | |
| Hiked with Kadee. We started on the main road by Francis Peak, (didn't want to take the truck on the smaller back road) So we started at 8:38 in the morning, Nice day, followed the road to the head of Adams canyon then the trail the rest of the way. Found a Rattlesnake "Big one" right at the Peak. 9700 ft. Thats the highest I have ever seen a Rattler. Great Hike. Great company, 4 hours total | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2009 3:46 pm | ||
| Allgauerjodler | More effort than expected... Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Via Francis Peak... It's about 4.5 miles, and who knows how much in elevation gain. The snow really slows you down, and you'll lose the trail completely in sections. But there's no scrambling needed to stick to the ridge, just be patient as you climb up, and then down, and then up, and then down... typical ridge hike. But it's beautiful, and a good early-year peak-bagging opportunity if you're attempting to bag them all in one summer. | ||
| Posted Jun 7, 2009 6:24 pm | ||
| Wasatchvoyage | Via Francis Peak, Farmington Traverse. Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2009 | |
| Arrived at the FAA installation at Francis Peak early, and one of the techs up there let me park right next to the installation. The route over to Thurston was mixed snow and dry ground. One of the most interesting things about this peak is it's geologic composition, pre-cambrian crystalline basement complex, over 2.4 billion years old. Once getting back to Francis and driving back down the snow drifts at one portion of the road stood 6 feet higher than my truck. All alone the whole time with the exception of the drive down Farmington Canyon, lots of trucks and ATV's. Interesting COHP summit. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2009 8:55 pm | ||
| Digiclimber | Nice! Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2002 | |
| The hardest part of this was the drive up Farmington Canyon! | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 11:31 am | ||
| LonePeakFreak | Third Time's the Charm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008 | |
| Traversed ridgeline from Francis in deep snow. The trail's in bad shape. Climbed to ridgeline from Fernwood Dr. trailhead twice (Feb '08 and early May '08) and got caught in whiteout conditions both times. Finally had clear skies and lots of sun in late June. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 8:30 pm | ||
| Garfimi | Francis Peak ridge Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006 | |
| Drove up Farmington Canyon, started hiking where the dirt road turns into the trail. Had great weather until coming back, when my father-in-law and I got caught by a thunderstorm. Would love to do an early spring summit via Adams Canyon. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2007 12:04 am | ||
| Outdoorpartner | Where is the trail? Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2007 | |
| I traversed over from Layton peak, which was quite a bushwacking adventure. I could not find a trail to go down; I made my own way down to the Great Western trail and then headed out. Summit log is in a jar under some rocks on the peak. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2007 11:10 pm | ||
| apachedino | Fun Ridge Run Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2007 | |
| Fun Ridge Run | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2007 3:03 pm | ||
| KirtDavis | Fireworks Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007 | |
| What a way to spend Independance Day! We parked at Smith Creek Lakes and bagged Thurston Peak just a few hours later. It was hot, but not miserable. The wildflowers were showing their colors, and there was still some snow on the east side that I just had to make a snowangel in. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2007 9:49 pm | ||
| weeds19 | After work adventure Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2002 | |
| I had a chance to leave work a little early on a great October day. With perfect weather all around my wife and I made a quick hike up Thurston and made it home for the Packers game on Monday night football. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2007 12:20 am | ||
| soccerman | From Kays Creek Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2003 | |
| I've been here a few times. We usually park at Kay's Creek and then hike up and over the mountain straight to my house in Morgan County. Fun hike. Very steep acent. | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2006 3:42 pm | ||
| madsjim | Route: Francis Peak route Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006 | |
| Drove to the top of Francis and hiked the ridge. It was very enjoyable. The scenery is beautiful at the top and I enjoyed the leasurely hike over to Thurston. It is was fun, a little longer than I expected but worth the trip. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2006 7:14 am | ||
| Dean | Great views Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006 | |
| Drove up the road instead of hiking up Kay's Creek as planned. Too hot to hike it from down below and I didn't have the time to do it from that route. Someday I'll hike it from the Fernwood Picnic area as originally planned. The last bit of road to Francis was a bit nervewracking but open all the way to Francis. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 1:41 pm | ||
| boojem | Date Climbed: August 3, 2005 | |
| Very nice ridge hike. | ||
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 1:46 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Route Climbed: Frances Pk Date Climbed: 9 July 2005 | |
| Beautiful day. It was good to meet 2 other SPers on the summit with their fun living dogs. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 10:21 pm | ||
| ecallahan | Route Climbed: Francis Peak Date Climbed: 9 July 2005 | |
| Easy hike/stroll across the ridges. Decided to summit the smaller peaks along the way to make things more interesting. Dogs loved the many snow field crossings. Clear skies, but the blasted wind kept me from noticing a terrible sunburn developing. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2005 2:40 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | Francis Peak, Kays Creek, Adams Canyon Date Climbed: Nov 2, 1997 Date Climbed: Nov 2, 1997 | |
| July 4, 1995 - Drove up Farmington Canyon Road to Francis Peak and hiked toward Thurston Peak. There was a lot of snow still on the ridge. November 2, 1997 - We traversed from Francis Peak to Thurston. It was late in the year and very cold. The ridge was covered in snow the whole way. The views are great and the summit plaque is very nice. I've been up Adams Canyon many times. It is my favorite way to climb the mountain. It is also a good winter hike. Kays Creek is a long hike from the valley. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2005 6:59 pm | ||
| nebben | Route Climbed: Farmington Ridge Date Climbed: June 25, 2003 | |
| I had been to Francis Peak (before 9/11) several times by car. Now, the gate was locked a mile or so below the summit. I followed the 4wd road around the East side of Francis, and eventually on a single track trail that went over the bumps of the ridge. It was all near sunset and just plain awesome. I crossed an eastfacing snowfield when it was slushy on the way to Thurston. On the way back, it was hard ice and extremely precarious in tennis shoes. Next time I'll kick better steps, bring crampons, or just avoid the snow slope altogether and go over the ridge. Fantastic views to the Uintas, Stansbury mountains, Little Cottonwood canyon, etc. Too many 4 wheelers come out after dark though. I had attempted this peak at least twice previously as a teenager and only got up halfway before giving up because of excessive bushwhacking on the trail from behind the castle. (I hadn't ever tried on Farmington ridge before) | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2005 5:07 pm | ||
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