Notch Peak 2022

I had scheduled a WMC trip to Notch Peak for October 22nd, but the weather gods intervened. After two weeks of gorgeous, mild, sunny days, the 22nd was ferociously windy and wet.

Cassie asked whether I would reschedule the trip for the following Saturday. I asked the wmc-hike mailing list about the idea, to gauge the interest. Somewhat to my surprise, I got several responses. We met at 6:30 AM at the Bluffdale Park-and-Ride and took off.

I was a bit concerned about the potential for snow after the previous week's storms. There were a few inches of snow in the shaded parts of Sawtooth Canyon, and otherwise there wasn't much snow at all on the route. The bad news was that there was snow on the scrambly sections in the upper narrows, which made them pretty slippery and awkward.

Several folks on the hike had never seen the Notch before from the top. It's always fun to see Notch novices agog over the amazing view. Cassie camped out at the Notch overlook while the rest of us struggled up the last 400 ft to the summit. The view as as awesome as ever. Da couldn't stop taking pictures; Hong crawled out to the edge to get the view straight down to the Notch. Bruce and Lily had big cameras, and Lily also had a small camera which she attached to a selfie stick and extended over the abyss. I expect lots of great photos!

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