A light dusting on vibrant fall colors

WOW, today was amazing with bright colors and snow topped mountains. Powder Mountain and Snowbasin are both reporting measurable amounts of snow.

Here's some photos I took while chasing the sun around the valley.

Take a Drive or Bicycle Ride on the Old Snowbasin Road - Evening and Morning

Evening view (above and below) yesterday. I have been known to spend a little time in Photoshop, but these pictures did not require a single touch up!

Below, on my way back up this morning, I had to stop to catch this shot of a small group of homes just off Hwy 39 looking toward Snowbasin.

Morning views of Snowbasin and Pineveiw Reservoir below.

Ogden Valley and Avon Pass

The calm before the storm! Jim and Bryan Halay joined me on a trip through the Ogden Valley and on to Avon. With the wind forecasted for this evening, this may be a short lived color season. Let's all hope the color can hang on because if you add this color to some nice snow capped mountains...we are all in for a real treat!!


©Bill Singleton

©Bill Singleton

©Bill Singleton

Happy Hikers

Mother Nature is about to change fall up a bit with a predicted 30 plus degree drop in daytime temperatures by this Wednesday. The weather folks are also predicting snow as low as the benches! With this info in mind we took advantage of a beautiful Sunday, recorded the PGA Tour of Champions (way to go Phil for beating Tiger), and took a very long and hard hike from Ogden to Snowbasin - one vertical mile. The Beus trail is challenging but worth the lung burn! We cheated a bit by hiking down to the Needles Lodge at Snowbasin where we boarded the gondola for a ride down.

XTERRA Off-road Triathlon Started on Picturesque Pineview Reservoir

Jan and I kayaked across Pineveview Reservoir to volunteer for the swimming safety patrol of the XTERRA National Championship. We were treated to the beginning of red, red, red across the hills - maples are turning fast.

Kayakers receive final instructions from Rich Koski, below. What a perfect day for the event!

Terry and her daughter, Danielle, watched for wayward swimmers.

On the way back home.

Snowbasin Maples

Melodie and Terry hiked the Maples camp ground trail by Snowbasin yesterday. The maples have began the transition into a bright red and to aspens are just starting to change with just a hint of yellow. What perfect weather we had!

The Hills are Alive

Get ready! With storm and cold temps headed our way next week, this weekend could be peak for the reds. Don't delay because you never know what Mom Nature has in mind for us. Best pick for a hike - anywhere. Personally, I'm hiking Beus Canyon from Ogden to Snowbasin on Sunday. This picture was taken this morning from the summitt of the Trappers Loop road.