HIKING BEN LOMOND
August 2004 - 36 photos
August 2004 - 36 photos
On August 28th of 2004, I took my grand daughter and a neighbor, and we hiked to the top of Ben Lomond peak in northern Utah. We drove to Willard Basin on the road from Mantua Utah. A dirt road, which I recomend using a four wheel drive vehicle to nagivate. On the way up over the ridge, we saw the Balloon Fest being held in Eden. This is something they do evey year at this time. I was lucky to get some early morning shots of the hot air balloons.
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Willard Basin is around 8,800 feet and Ben Lomond 9,712, so the hike from there is a little eaiser than some of the other trails. The trail sign says 3 1/2 miles one way and about 1,000 foot climb. We started out just below Willard Peak and passed Willard Basin pond, then moved around the side of Willard Peak and followed the ridge line over to Ben Lomond. It took us 2 hours and 40 minutes to reach the peak, with lots of photo stops. After eating lunch at the peak we came back in 1 hour and 25 minutes.
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See Willard Peak Hike, 2003
and the two other Ben Lomond hikes, 1998 & 2005
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See Willard Peak Hike, 2003
and the two other Ben Lomond hikes, 1998 & 2005
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The photos shown here were taken with a Canon EOS 300D, (Digital Rebel) a 6.3
Megapixel SLR Camera, with wide angle to 2x optical zoom. Some of these photos were taken with the Canon EF 100 - 400mm IS Zoom lens, (3x to 13x and 26x with the 2x extender). The original photos were taken at 3072x2048. These photos are now set to 750x500 for faster loading. You are welcome to look at or download any of the photos. If you use them on any other webpage, please give credit and refer back to me.