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Show OCTOBER Autumn Hiking 1996 in Utah A Moveable Feast 3y Steve Lewis “Nature becomes your teacher, explains Gayen, as Tom and Paula round the last turn in the trail and finally land atop Mt. Aire. The hike from the junction in Millcreek Elbow Fork Canyon to the Parleys and Millcreek Ridgeline has taken over an hour. Finally, our panting stills, and we relax in the presence of great beauty. Lookout Peak and Grandview to Knob and the north, Gobblers Raymond to the south, and the Salt Lake Valley with a streaming sunset to the west. Juniper, Mountain Mahogany, fir, oak and maple spread across the hillside. The fall chill nips at our cheeks, as we quietly gaze in awe at crimson hillsides that in the weeks ahead will be blanketed with snow. have often started off on a walk in the state called mad-mad in the sense of sore-headed, nor mad with tedium or I have set forth dull, null confusion and even thoroughly discouraged. But I never came back in such a frame of mind, and I never met a human being whose humor was not the better for a walk. It is the sovereign remedy for the hot-tempered and the low-spirited; provided, of course, that you know how to walk. — Donald Peattie To the south, veteran Timp hiker, Glade, frantically finishes a fifth roll of film, as Laurie comically stands on all fours and mimics midget mountain goats rollicking below Timpanogos’ Emerald white Lake. Glistening coated goats majestically span the hillside, while the young animals prance. et Above the lake, Alexis, Gerrish and Milt march up Timp’s massive snowfield and take the ridge to the top of one of Utah’s grandest mountain formations. Far to the south in red rock country, the Gervin front forks quiver on Jeremy's mountain bike, as he pounds and powers along the Moab Slickrock Trail to Shrimprock and then finally to the Moab Overlook. Arches and Vermilion Cliffs span the northern hori- ARE YOU SICK now that Summer Is zon and to the west, the White Rim Trail is home to Betty and Pam, who take a bumpy bike ride ‘round the rocky White Crack and then climb the hill to windy Murphy's Hogback. To the south and west, noble monuments stand as_ sentinels in Canyonlands National Park. Nicky flashes her million dollar smile and announces that “Southern Utah biking and slot canyon hiking are really great in late fall.” over? ee a Pressure Self-cleaning relief valve tells you system when to clean AS the system Cie ‘Se lets p you clean purifier in seconds PU without taking | legacies Ex lo rer the /@ most advanced water it apart. tant prefilter ee sai adjustable float=keeps R purifier you can buy Ca a HUE) protection. ; os The ¢ The only self-cleaning WwW LY Steve pulls Lewis up in Escalante’s Devils Garden, just off the Hole In the Rock road, while Dani and Rick’s kids scramble on elephant sized sandstone, teetering on arches and boulders. Down the road, teens jump into Peek-A-Boo Gulch and then, later, suck in stomachs in Spooky, as they squeeze through short, dark, narrow and photogenic slot canyons. Far to the south, Jesse’s jeep winds past the Straight Cliffs, round Davis Canyon, and then climbs up and over to the top of the Hole In The Rock passage. Another group arrives and an argument erupts over Clinton’s Canyons of the Escalante National Monument. “Oh, you rotten radical Enviro’s,” shouts one. Then a college kid delivers a single-finger salute to the rednecks. “Give this to the mythical Bureau of Livestock and Mining,” he shouts. For after all, time is not money; time is an opportunity to live before you die. So a person who walks, and lives and sees and thinks as he walks, has lengthened his life. — Donald Peattie. iToy __WASATCH FLY FISHERS _ ® Wasatch Mountains Fishing Specialists ® BEST purifier. e Suburban i by Main Street e Highest safety rating for : : : total microbiological prefilter out of mud. RE photos PRICES IN TOWN 281-5510 Double action pump for highest output and easy pumping. Park City’s Fastest Finest, Quality Photofinishing $99.95 523 Main Street (Regularly $129.95) * One-hour Photo * Two-hour Slide Processing (E-6) * KODAK Denali S. STATE #23, SALT « Portrait & Commercial Studio + Passport Photos * Unique Photo Frames & Accessories 649-6465 LAKE 6 UTAH 7 Park City Deer Valley Wolf Mountain Park City 801-645-9444 [r] Salt Lake Valley Snowbird/Alta Solitude/Brighton Salt Lake 801-944-9444 eee Lake Powell — Houseboats and Lodging PAGE CITY, POWDER BEACH REALTY Residential Sales eels ey Poteet MCs aCe tt ee EL) Create-A-Print™ ¢ Black & White Processing * Custom Enlarging, Negatives or Slides 1140 East 3200 South ¢ Brickyard Plaza 801-484-5044 / 888-4-DENALI 3443 |
