From: owner-utahoutdoors-digest@lists.xmission.com (utahoutdoors-digest) To: utahoutdoors-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: utahoutdoors-digest V2 #106 Reply-To: utahoutdoors-digest Sender: owner-utahoutdoors-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-utahoutdoors-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk utahoutdoors-digest Tuesday, February 2 1999 Volume 02 : Number 106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 22:54:56 -0700 From: Deidra Walpole / Bruce Wright Subject: [OUTDOORS] fall colors My wife and I are going to be taking a quick getaway from LA to Zion to Escalante, Calf Creek, Burr Trail to Capitol Reef, over to Torrey, back up and down Route 12 to Boulder and then back to LA. My question: Are there any fall colors yet? Are the aspen turning on Boulder Mountain? Are the cottonwoods turning? - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 06:35:27 -0600 From: blager@es.com Subject: RE: [OUTDOORS] fall colors I spent two days in Zion's and a day in Bryce last week. I would say that Zion area is just beginning to change, but that means there is very little fall color there yet. Bryce area is at 7900 ft, and I remember noticing some yellowing aspen in that area. I don't think it was very far along yet...? Further north, in Utah county, the mountains are getting colorful, but not the valley. I did not get to Boulder Mountain, but I suspect that colors are changing at that altitude. Hope this helps... Enjoy your trip! Bert > -----Original Message----- > From: Deidra Walpole / Bruce Wright [SMTP:bwdw@worldnet.att.net] > > My wife and I are going to be taking a quick getaway from LA to Zion > to > Escalante, Calf Creek, Burr Trail to Capitol Reef, over to Torrey, > back > up and down Route 12 to Boulder and then back to LA. My question: Are > there any fall colors yet? Are the aspen turning on Boulder Mountain? > Are > the cottonwoods turning? - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:10:27 -0700 From: joannej@sonic.net (Joanne James) Subject: RE: [OUTDOORS] fall colors 10-3-98 Please take this address off the mailing list! Thanks! Stephen Riedel - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 19:30:20 -0600 From: Kathy & Lynn Subject: Re: [OUTDOORS] fall colors Just took a short drive over Trappers Loop (from Weber Canyon over the mountain to Pineview Reservoir.) After the morning rain cleared up, the sun came out a little, and the colors were vibrant. I'm sure they were even better before the rain. Next week is probably the best time to view the colors, then they'll be gone in the high places. There were many dark reds and oranges, and the whole family oooh'd and ahhhh'd the whole trip. Just beautiful. Kathy - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 09:12:37 -0600 From: jdiener@es.com Subject: RE: [OUTDOORS] fall colors I was on the Torrey - Boulder section of Rt 12 Thursday afternoon, and it was early for fall colors. Some aspen were beginning to change, but on the south side of the mountain virtually all were still green. The cottonwoods had just barely started as well. Farther north closer to SLC the leaves were further along. John - -----Original Message----- From: Deidra Walpole / Bruce Wright [mailto:bwdw@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 11:55 PM To: utahoutdoors@xmission.com Subject: [OUTDOORS] fall colors My wife and I are going to be taking a quick getaway from LA to Zion to Escalante, Calf Creek, Burr Trail to Capitol Reef, over to Torrey, back up and down Route 12 to Boulder and then back to LA. My question: Are there any fall colors yet? Are the aspen turning on Boulder Mountain? Are the cottonwoods turning? - - - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:15:16 -0700 (MST) From: David Kenison Subject: [OUTDOORS] Hardware Ranch (fwd) Anyone still listening here?? I received this query. Anybody ever heard of this place? DaveK - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear DKenison, We are trying to find out the daily hours of the Hardware Ranch, located east of Hyrum, Ut. If you have information that would help us with this could you please e-mail us back. Thank you, Rosannefa@msnhotmail.com P.S. Hardware Ranch is on the map, but we can't find a site that tells any other information about it; specifically the times open. We would appreciate a website or a specific travel organization that could help us with this. Again, thanks! - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:18:46 -0700 From: Gyle Gale Subject: RE: [OUTDOORS] Hardware Ranch (fwd) Here are some phone numbers they may be able to call. Hardware Ranch-Blacksmith Fork Canyon Hyrum Cafe-Elk R (435) 753-6168 Hardware Ranch-Blacksmith Fork Canyon Hyrum Woolstenhu (435) 753-6254 From the http://www.utah.com Family Adventures in the Rocky Mountain Province South of Logan, Hardware Ranch offers wagon and sleigh rides through herds of Rocky Mountain elk, cookout meals, and overnight cowboy adventures (245-3131). Rocky Mountain Province Wildlife Watching: Hardware Ranch, 18 miles east of Hyrum at the head of Blacksmith Fork Canyon, offers the opportunity to view thousands of Rocky Mountain elk. Wagon rides are offered through the summer. Sleigh rides glide through the elk, December through March. Snowmobile rentals, fuel, and hot meals are available. The visitor center features interpretive materials on elk and telescope viewing of the huge herd. An all-you-can-eat barbecue dinner is offered on Friday and Saturday nights. During the winter, visitors can snowmobile to overnight cabin accommodations. During the summer, the ranch offers an old-fashioned covered wagon ride, complete with a cowboy cook-out and a Dutch oven breakfast (245-3131). <--****this may be a phone number as well --area code 435 or 801 Thanks, Gyle Gale ggale@dentrix.com - -----Original Message----- From: David Kenison [mailto:dkenison@xmission.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 4:15 PM To: utahoutdoors@xmission.xmission.com Subject: [OUTDOORS] Hardware Ranch (fwd) Anyone still listening here?? I received this query. Anybody ever heard of this place? DaveK - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear DKenison, We are trying to find out the daily hours of the Hardware Ranch, located east of Hyrum, Ut. If you have information that would help us with this could you please e-mail us back. Thank you, Rosannefa@msnhotmail.com P.S. Hardware Ranch is on the map, but we can't find a site that tells any other information about it; specifically the times open. We would appreciate a website or a specific travel organization that could help us with this. Again, thanks! - - - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:52:16 -0700 From: Kathy & Lynn Subject: Re: [OUTDOORS] Hardware Ranch (fwd) Wonderful place with hundreds of elk that you can view close up. In the winter, the elk gather here to be fed. They offer horse-drawn sleigh rides when there is snow, and wagon rides when there isn't. It seems that last year, it was open daily during the daylight hours. Even if the visitor's center is closed, the elk are still there for viewing. You are fairly close to the elk, but binoculars are really nice for viewing close-up. I've gone on holidays before, and they are open even then. The road is almost always open, even during snowy times. It is a good road, and is paved right to Hardware Ranch, then the road branches off into gravel roads, one leading to Monte Cristo, and another direction to Bear Lake. Many people park here to start their snowmobiling treks to either direction. There is parking for snowmobile trailers. Kathy David Kenison wrote: > Anyone still listening here?? > > I received this query. Anybody ever heard of this place? > > DaveK > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Dear DKenison, > We are trying to find out the daily hours of the Hardware Ranch, > located east of Hyrum, Ut. If you have information that would help us > with this could you please e-mail us back. > Thank you, > Rosannefa@msnhotmail.com > P.S. Hardware Ranch is on the map, but we can't find a site that tells > any other information about it; specifically the times open. We would > appreciate a website or a specific travel organization that could help > us with this. Again, thanks! > > - - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 17:02:57 PST From: "T.L. Phillips" Subject: [OUTDOORS] Backpacking I am a college student from Michigan, and for my spring break I would like to goto a national park in Utah. I want to goto a warmer and different enviroment than I am use to. I was thinking about Arches and Zion but I am not finding much about any lengthy trails. If any one can help me please do. _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 18:51:40 -0700 From: Lou & Jim Gostlin Subject: Re: [OUTDOORS] Backpacking Hi T.L.! Arches National Park is my very favorite National Park--and I have been to a lot of them! However, there really is not any real good backpacking in that park. The longest regular hike is about 7 miles (it IS a great hike, though). You are not supposed to camp outside the park campground. It is a beautiful campground, but still it is a regular campground, solar power & all. the arches is only about 4 miles from here. Canyonlands is very close by & has some great back country. Canyonlands also has many arches. My choice backpacking trips would be to Angel Arch, Druid Arch or to the "All American Man" (pictograph). You can call 1-800-635-6622 and they will send you TONS of info on the area. In addition to that, we have an information center here in Moab that is really great about helping you plan your trip. I just moved here from Columbus, Ohio (GO BUCKS!) last summer. My daughter & I (a grad student at O.S.U.) and I back packed to Keet Seel in Navajo National Monument. We thought it was great! Navajo N.M. is in northeast Arizona not too far from Kayenta on the Navajo reservation (the big rez). If you go to Zion and want to backpack to avoid the crowds, you would want to concentrate on the northern section of the park--the Kolob section. I haven't been there, but I hear it is nice. "The Narrows" is the most common place to go on a long hike, but can get pretty crowded. Due to the danger of "flash floods" you can not hike the narrows if there is threat of rain because it is a slot canyon. Southeast Utah gets my vote. When we moved here, it is because we'd been to 49 states & southeast Utah is where we liked the best. I still do. Many days I feel like I am living in Mecca. Are you familiar with Edward Abbey & either DESERT SOLITAIRE or the MONKEYWRENCH GANG? This is Abbey country. Does this help? Moab has a web site, but I am not sure what the address is. I think all of the national parks do too. I can get phone numbers for you if you'd like. If I can answer any more questions, let me know. Lou T.L. Phillips wrote: > I am a college student from Michigan, and for my spring break I would like > to goto a national park in Utah. I want to goto a warmer and different > enviroment than I am use to. I was thinking about Arches and Zion but I am > not finding much about any lengthy trails. If any one can help me please > do. > > _______________________________________________________ > Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ > > - - - ------------------------------ End of utahoutdoors-digest V2 #106 **********************************