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Show UTAH SNAPSHOT GETAWAYSEweHave to Go HOMETOWN:Salt Lake City QUTDOOR PREOCCUPATION: A Eagle Scout, the 26-year-old Ricks spent the ope ning weekend of deer season high in the mount: ins of central Utah, working to repaira forest service iccess road. Ricks frequently works with youngerscouts onprojects to help them gain Eagle Scout status. QUOTE: t's purereligion for me, at 1 I'm doing it for the boy: sake. Scouting helps keep them out of troubleandbuilds faith, cha: cter and courage.” KNOW A WINNER? Mail their color photo and info to P.O. BOX 867, Salt Lake City, UT 84110 || The Utah Divisionof Wildlife Resources is sponsor: bighornsheepfestival in Moab on Nov 19 and The festival begins Friday evening with expert lectures and slide presentations at the Moab Informa tion Center, beginning at 7. Wild-sheep biologists and researcherswill talk about the history, present and fu tureof wild | heep in the state, The following morning val participants will meet at the MoabIn: formation( nter parking lot to participate in guided eceive directions for self-g ided tours, The d tours are free. For more informatien, call Brent Stettlerat (435 5) 636-0266. OUTDOORS The Salt LakeTribune EY¥< M REC ROUNDUP, C-2 Gaui Diz: "TO TAH If you canidentify where this photo was taken, you could be a winner. See PageC-2. ISID BUSINESS Mixed Message Industrial growth slows, while raw material prices soar. Page C-5 SECTION € RECREAT ION TOESBAY NOVEMBER2, 1999 BFISHING REPORT, C-4 PROTECTING HISTORY Pipe Spring’s Winsor Castle preserves glimpsesofpioneerlife IM WHARTON LAKETRIBUNE PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT,Ari Although WinsorCastlesits as a lonely outpost in the midstofa stark desert landscape,this is an easyplace to miss. Tourists generally avoid Arizona’s State Road 389 connecting the southern Utah hamlets of Kanab and Hurricane, via Fredonia, Ariz. They take the more scenic route through Zion National Park. Boaters heading from Las Vegas to Lake Powell may speed through, wondering what a national monument is doing in the middle of nowhere. Only a few botherto stop. Those whodoare rewarded. “This place is something dif- ferent,” said Andrea Bornemeier, chief of interpretation and resource management at Pipe Spring National Monument. “The focus is on the cultural and pioneer history rather than the natu- ral history of Zion and Grand Canyon.” Tourists walk past the visitor center and into a quiet courtyard that includesa castle-like building ofthick walls namedafter the wife of Anson P. Winsor, a ranch superintendent who built the twostory fort in 1870. There are ancient gardens andtrees, two spring-fed ponds, a blacksmith shop, horse corral, chicken pen and small cabin. A half-mile loop trail leads to a point above the structures, offering panoramic views of the desolate Arizonadesert.Italsoisa spot full of history and a place where people cometo learn about the ways of the West in the late 800s. At the time, Pipe Spring served as a “tithing ranch” where Mormonsin the area workedoff their church tithing obligations. LDS Church leader Brigham Young helped planthe fort when hevisited. In a chance meeting on Sept. 12, 1870, Young met explorer John Wesley Powell and legendary pioneer Jacob Hamblin shortly after Powell and Hamblin negotiated a peace treaty with the Navajos at Fort Defiance,Ariz. James Whitmore, a Mormon convert who began ranching at Pipe Spring in 1863, was killed by Navajos. Herder Robert McIntyre met a similar fate near here in 1866. Though Winsor Castle was neverattacked, it still resembles a fort, including thick walls and places in towers wherea rifle mightbe aimed. Mostly, it celebrates a pioneer way of life when Winsor andhis family ran thetithing ranch, raisingcattle. Though it may be hard to believe for those who nowlook at the dry and largely barren desert, grass was once high and deep here. That drew ranchers to thearea. Winsor supervised the produc- tion of cheese, butter and beef, some of which ended up in St. George where workers were constructing a temple. Whenthe temple was complete, See PIPE SPRING,Page C-2 Lynn R. Johnson/ForThe Salt Lake Tribune Pipe Spring park ranger Hannah Newton often spendsher day dressedin a period corset,petticoats and long dress. BYTOM WHARTON ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE a bristleconepine forest, some of theoldestliving plants on Earth. NOTCH PEAK Ephraim hiker Kathy Peterson cameto the desolate House Range west of Delta not knowing what to expect. hike cause a hiker to grab children and put dogs on leashes. The precipice is so stark and steep that it gets the heart beating and takes what she found while blazing a trail to the peak. The 2,700-foot cliff at the top of the mountain left a lasting impression. sin. The dry, stark beauty ofthis placeis an acquired taste. There is no waterand few signs ofwildlife. area is useful. Look to start the erra Club Totebook Hiking the acres that include the peak are being managed as a Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Great Basinin 1948, wrote that the Study Area.In the most recentre- and a narrow canyontotheleft of cliff is only 300 feet shorter than the much more famousdrop-off of inventory of potential wilderness, the agency identified another 13,720 acres that could qualify as bottom of the canyon until reach After climbing 9,655-foot Notch Peak, she expressed amazementat “I'm stunned,”she said. “I had no idea there would be such a drop-off.” John Hart, who wrote the Si- cee at Yosemite National k. This is a hike full of surprises, Hikers find themselves trekking through a small, gray slot canyon filled with tall firs. Looking to the south, they can enjoy viewsof the Salt Flats-like Sevier Dry Lake and the Confusion Mountains. Western viewsoffer vistas of the Deep Creek Range nearthe Utah/ Nevada border and Wheeler Peak Andthecliffs at the end of the the breath away. Few Utahns visit the desolate basin and range of the Great Ba- It has thefeelof true wilderness. It is no accident that 51,130 wilderness. The peak gots its name for an obvious reason. Lookingatit from Delta, the tworidges with a saddle in between resemble a sculpted notch. ‘Though hikers gain about 3,000 feet in a slow, steady climb about 4.5 miles one way, this is not an especially difficult hike. Plan on bringing plenty of water, There is at the top of Great Basin National Park. On the northern, shorter none in the area most times of year, ridgeline ofthe peak, visitors see The most difficult portion of the hike may involve finding the trailhead. Driving west fromDelta on U.S. 50 and6, look for milepost 46. Drive until you see a BLM sign that says Miller Canyon. Drive west at that point. When you reach a stone cabin, drive slightly farther to the start of the hike. There are several obvious parking spots. Information on snow condi: tionsat the peak for those looking to do a late fall hike can be obtained bycalling the BLMoffice in Fillmore, (435) 743-6811, There is no formaltrail. Ob- taining a topographical mapof the hike whenyou seetall, gray cliffs the dirt road. Simply stay in the ing the base of the peak. Then work your way up the scree slope of loose roc! The bristlecone pines are found on the shorter north peak of the notch. The highest point on the south is marked bya pile of rocks. If you hike with dogs, this is a good place to use a leash. Thecliff, with incredible striations, is that sheer and dangerous. Hikers can walk back the way they came or, using a map, hike the ridge line down the south side which provides views of Hell n’ Photos hy Tom Wharton/The Salt Lake Tritame The desolate nature of the Notch Peakclimb and the view give the area a feeling of true wildemess. « Marie Canyon and some other impressive cliff faces ideal for photography. Again, a good topo map andthe knowledgeto use it is helpful if you takethis route back, Expect some hard hiking on the edge of scree slopes and loose rocks. The views are worth the extra bit of work. ‘The hike can be donein a long ’\ single day driving fromSalt thoughit may be more enjo! to car camp on public land o1 in a motel in Delta gol coming. oe |