We began at the French Hollow trailhead (8400 ft) south of Strawberry Reservoir. The path travels through budding aspen, past an old trough,
and ends up at Willow Creek. Instead of following the creek, as we have before, we found a new trail that heads up to Willow Creek Ridge (about 10,000 ft)
We saw some interesting insects:
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| western swallowtails |
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| Western tailed Blue |
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| Is it a fly or a bee? |
Primrose, wild strawberry, violets, and larkspur were blooming along the way.
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| evening primrose |
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| wild strawberry |
Daisy liked taking a dip below a series of cascades.
A few hundred feet higher, she found patches of snow to cool her belly.
Someone has done a lot of clearing on the forest path, which made the route easy. When we reached open terrain near the ridge, we spotted a coyote scampering away.
Up top, the views were magnificent in every direction.
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| View toward the Wasatch Range, 40 miles away |
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| View of Strawberry Reservoir and the snow-covered Uintas, 60 miles away |
A lot of trails connect to this one, so we will certainly return to explore other possibilities.