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rockgremlin
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: Hotel California
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject: Thurston Peak (Davis and Morgan Counties) |
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Farmington Canyon road takes you all the way up to Francis Peak, which is 4 miles South of Thurston Peak. (Francis Peak is the peak that has those two white radar towers that look like domes, visible from the valley). Between Thurston and Francis Peaks there are 5 peaks that must be traversed. There was quite a bit of snow up there still, which made for an interesting hike.
Farmington Canyon was crowded, but the trail was deserted. There were a lot of people up there with motorcycles and ORVs, but nobody was on the trail with us. It was moderately windy, but it wasn't a cold wind, and there were no mosquitoes, gnats, or biting flies.
We saw two rattlesnakes, one of which could have easily bitten Mike. He stepped right over the top of it before it started rattling!!! :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: |
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rockgremlin
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crazy horse
Joined: 17 May 2005
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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| What is that on the top of the peak there? Some sort of TV transponder or something like that? |
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rockgremlin
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| Its a radar tower. There's two of them side-by-side (although the photo doesn't show it). It was built in 1959, and is still used today for air traffic control, tv, etc. |
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