Naomi Peak

About a two hour drive from our house is Naomi Peak. I think this is one of my favorite hikes in the area. It is a moderately steep hike but pretty short, and the views are amazing. (It is a 6.2 mile hike with about 2,000 ft of elevation gain.) At 9,983′, it is the highest point in the Bear River Mountains.

I went with Kathy and Pam, who are hikers, bikers, and yoga buddies, and we had a great time. The weather was perfect, the leaves at this higher elevation were just peaking, and we missed the storm forecasted for the following day, which dumped over 1.5 inches in the area. The peak actually got several inches of snow! Great timing!

A few last remnants of summer remained.
Leaving the parking lot,  this was our first glimpse of the leaves.
Getting close to the summit.
Pam, Kathy, and me on the summit.
Kathy didn’t like the rock I chose for the summit shot!
Aspen Grove from the summit.
Looking back up at the summit ridge.
So beautiful!
Tony Grove Lake – just about back to the parking lot.

We got back, and the next day got rained on – a lot! In Salt Lake City, they recorded 2.47 ” of rain in 24 hours – the second highest on record.

After the clouds cleared, we could see the first snow of the year on Ben Lomond.
There was so much rain over the weekend that I actually saw a slug on the sidewalk. An oddity in Utah!

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