Malan’s Peak 6980′

Claudia and Ralph and their dog, Hannah joined Andrea, Joel and myself for a trip up Malan’s Peak which is a nearby local favorite hike. Pretty steep at 2200′ elevation gain in 2.25 miles, Joel’s knees didn’t seem too bad on the descent – at least he never said anything. Andrea and I snapped a few photos of wildflowers on the way and have been using a great app called “PictureThis” which provides immediate (and then also later if needed) plant identification. Fun thing to have which now makes the wildflower identification book I just bought quite obsolete and a waste of money 😢!

The trail to Malan’s Peak had many offshoots to several canyons and waterfalls.
Nice to hit the trails early in the morning as the weather was predicted to reach the 80’s – shade is always nice! View over the Ogden Valley.
Claudia, Ralph and Hannah looking for their home below.
Andrea using the Marco Polo video app to show some friends the great views from the top.
Summit of Malan’s Peak with Ben Lomond in the background.
Pink Alumroot – aka Desert Coral Bells
Subpeak of Mount Ogden with a bit of remaining snow from the Memorial Day precipitation.
Using the “PictureThis” app to identify plants and flowers along the way. Great program for easy identification and storage of photos.
Wasatch Penstemon
Silverleaf Scorpionweed
As steep as the trail was for most of the way, it was hard to imagine that there had been a resort up top. Guests had to be taken up by carriage – interesting fact is that Claudia and Ralph own a historic home that has a carriage house used for the horses that took guests up to the resort.

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