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fouristhenewone · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 164

I have two malamutes, and am looking for any suggestions as to good places to take them camping. My biggest concern is trying to get away from other campers as well as livestock. My younger one isn't a big fan of sheep if you catch my drift. I live in SLC. Any recommendations for next weekend?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11408 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Are you planning on packing in a ways?

fouristhenewone · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 164

I certainly am willing to do that.

Summit42 · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 1937 Location: 127.0.0.1

What about Joes Valley?

fouristhenewone · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 164

ya ya ya. only if you like fresh lamb.

crazy horse · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

Well if you're willing to drive for an hour or so, just head up to the uintas. I'm sure you can find plenty of places without another hiker/camper for miles. If you don't want to drive, i don't really know what to tell you. There are some places up millcreek canyon that you can have all to yourself, but it really all depends on luck, and if your dogs aren't real fond of others, i wouldn't chance it, cause you'll probably see at least a few people on the trail.

James_B_Wads2000

fouristhenewone wrote: I have two malamutes, and am looking for any suggestions as to good places to take them camping. My biggest concern is trying to get away from other campers as well as livestock. My younger one isn't a big fan of sheep if you catch my drift. I live in SLC. Any recommendations for next weekend?

Go West. Out in the West Desert there are many places where you can be all alone all weekend long. The best two are about 4hrs from SLC they are Notch Peak in the House Range and Ibapah in the Deep Creeks. I went to Ibapah on the 24th of July weekend and saw exactly zero people the two days I was in Granite Creek Canyon.

Camping in the Amasa Valley or Miller Canyon in the House Range would be premo this time of year. Both places are almost always empty. Nearby Sawtooth Canyon provides an easy hike to the top of Notch Peak.

Notch Peak and the Amasa Valley
Ibapah and The Deep Creeks

If the west doesn’t sound all that fun then go to San Rafael. Hikes like Eagle Canyon, Muddy Creek Gorge or the Virgin River Gorge usually have few people but this time of year is the peak season.

James

fouristhenewone · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 164

James,

thanks for your suggestions, I was actually planning on heading out to the deep creeks this weekend. do you think that granite canyon would be a good site to camp with my dogs off leash, or is there better places to camp out there?

don't get me wrong, my dogs get along with other people and dogs just fine, I just want to get away from atv's and such that my dogs like to chase. I hate having to have my dogs on leash just because someone wants to cruise up and down the road on a four wheeler. The other problem, with places like Joe's Valley is that my younger puppy is not good around free range sheep. He quickly returns to his instinctual hunting mode.

James_B_Wads2000 · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject:

fouristhenewone wrote: James,

thanks for your suggestions, I was actually planning on heading out to the deep creeks this weekend. do you think that granite canyon would be a good site to camp with my dogs off leash, or is there better places to camp out there?

Granite Canyon is the nicest canyon in the Deep Creek I have seen yet. It is the one that the road gets very far up. There are three really good camping sites up there. One just after the first stream crossing that any carefully driven car could make it to. The other two are 4WD only (or HCV). One is just before the second stream crossing and the last is about 200yards up the road from the second stream crossing. Only about at 14 mile passed that is the WSA marker. In theory nobody should be ATVing passed there. I would camp at one of those two places and hike upcanyon.

There maybe people out there ATVing out there, but hopefully they wouldn’t be in the WSA.

I am curious to what made you want to go to the Deep Creeks. If it wasn’t my suggestion then where did you hear about that place?

As far as getting there turnoff the first paved road to the left south of Wendover . There are signs pointing to Ibapah and Gold Hill. At the next junction go toward Ibapah. There is a sign and turnoff to the Pony Express Road just before Ibapah. I would go to the Ibapah Trading Post and buy gas and a “I Love Ibapah” T-shirt (cash only) before going to Granite Creek. See my directions and info in my Ibapah TR. Follow the PER to Callao, go straight or South to the Granite Creek Turnoff.

Here is a map with coordinates in WGS88 datum.

James

fouristhenewone · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 164

James,

Thanks for the info. As far as what made me want to go out there, it was originally my dad talking about camping out there. He gave me information on a bunch of different places out west earlier this summer, and I spent a weekend a few months ago out in the Marjum Canyon/Notch Peak/Gandy Warm Springs area. I originally had planned on taking my wife and dogs out that way, but when I saw your TR on the Deep Creeks I remembered my dad talking about that area and decided I'd like to go explore that area.

Anyways, thanks again for the info and the pics, I'm really excited about heading out there tomorrow.

James_B_Wads2000 · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:12 pm Post subject:

Right on man, have fun out there. Bring back some pics, colors should be getting nice out there by now.

James

Summit42 · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 1937 Location: 127.0.0.1

Dont foget to get pictures of your mischievous four legged friends.