My Year of Hiking: 2021
MY YEAR OF HIKING: 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/01
DATE: January 01, 2021
NAME: Dude Benchmark Peak
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 4.4 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 7195 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1300 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Reina, and Alisa
NOTES: First summit of Dude Benchmark Peak; First summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/02
DATE: January 10, 2021
NAME: Jack’s Mailbox Peak
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6475 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1200 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Jack’s Mailbox Peak; Second summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/03
DATE: January 18, 2021
NAME: Mount Aire (via Burch Hollow)
PLACE: Burch Hollow Trailhead - Millcreek Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: ~6.9 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 8621 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: +2000 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: Fifth summit of Mount Aire; Third summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/04
DATE: January 31, 2021
NAME: Meridian Peak and Matt’s Arch
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: ~2.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 5978 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 766 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Meridian Peak; Fourth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/05
DATE: February 14, 2021
NAME: Bonneville Shoreline Trail (Mount Olympus to Heughes Canyon)
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION GAIN: 1041 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/06
DATE: February 28, 2021
NAME: Meridian Peak
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: ~2.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 5978 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 766 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Alisa
NOTES: Second summit of Meridian Peak; Fifth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/07
DATE: March 06, 2021
NAME: Petrified Dunes
PLACE: Snow Canyon State Park - Utah
DISTANCE: 1.2 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 3631 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 196 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, Eli, Lindsy, Reina, Rich, Leo, and Ronin
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/08
DATE: March 07, 2021
NAME: Lava Tubes via Lava Flow Trail
PLACE: Snow Canyon State Park - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.3 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 3820 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 416 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, Eli, Reina, Rich, Leo, and Ronin
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/09
DATE: March 10, 2021
NAME: Coral Pink Sand Dunes
PLACE: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park - Utah
ELEVATION: 6000 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, and Eli
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/10
DATE: March 28, 2021
NAME: Little Mountain Area
PLACE: East Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
JOINED BY: Sarah, Reina, and Alisa
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/11
DATE: April 03, 2021
NAME: Unicorn Point
PLACE: Antelope Island - Great Salt Lake - Utah
DISTANCE: 9 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4209 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 88 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Reina, and Alisa
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/12
DATE: April 20, 2021
NAME: Willow Lake
PLACE: Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 1.7 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 8520 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 617 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Reina, and Alisa
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/13
DATE: April 25, 2021
NAME: Burch Hollow to Elbow Fork
PLACE: Millcreek Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 3.1 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6617 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: ~600 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/14
DATE: May 02, 2021
NAME: Big Cottonwood Overlook
PLACE: Mill B Trailhead - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 1.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 7092 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 973 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/15
DATE: May 04, 2021
NAME: Goblin Valley
PLACE: Goblin Valley State Park - Utah
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, Eli, Reina, Rich, Leo, and Ronin
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/16
DATE: May 05, 2021
NAME: Goblin’s Lair
PLACE: Goblin Valley State Park - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.3 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Rich
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/17
DATE: May 06, 2021
NAME: Goblin Valley
PLACE: Goblin Valley State Park - Utah
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, and Eli
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/18
DATE: May 16, 2021
NAME: Bald Mountain
PLACE: East Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: ~6.9 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 7860 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 482 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Bald Mountain; Sixth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/19
DATE: June 27, 2021
NAME: Cobabe Peak and James Peak
PLACE: Powder Mountain Ski Resort - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 3.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9421 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1400 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Reina
NOTES: First summit of Cobabe Peak and James Peak; Seventh and eighth summits of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/20
DATE: July 04, 2021
NAME: Desolation Peak and Desolation Peak
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 10 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9990 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 2500 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Desolation Peak; Ninth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/21
DATE: July 17, 2021
NAME: Mount Evergreen and Twin Lakes/Solitude Loop
PLACE: Brighton and Solitude Ski Resorts - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: ~6 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9840 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1000 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Mount Evergreen; Tenth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/22
DATE: July 25, 2021
NAME: Jupiter Peak and Shadow Lake Loop
PLACE: Guardsman Pass - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 7 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9980 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1800 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Jupiter Peak; Eleventh summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/23
DATE: July 31, 2021
NAME: South Fork Falls (aka Barbara Falls)
PLACE: Eagle River - Anchorage - Alaska
DISTANCE: 1.3 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/24
DATE: August 02, 2021
NAME: Savage River
PLACE: Savage River - Denali National Park - Alaska
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/25
DATE: August 02, 2021
NAME: Savage River
PLACE: Savage River - Denali National Park - Alaska
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/26
DATE: August 04, 2021
NAME: Savage River Loop
PLACE: Savage Canyon Trailhead - Denali National Park - Alaska
DISTANCE: 2.1 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/27
DATE: August 04, 2021
NAME: Byers Lake
PLACE: Byers Lake - Parks Highway - Alaska
JOINED BY: Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/28
DATE: August 29, 2021
NAME: Bald Mountain
PLACE: Bald Mountain Trailhead - Uinta Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.7 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 11948
ELEVATION GAIN: 1250 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: Third summit of Bald Mountain; Twelfth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/29
DATE: September 05, 2020
NAME: Wolverine Cirque
PLACE: Brighton - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: ~6 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 10646 feet (Mount Tuscarora)
ELEVATION GAIN: 2719 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Reina, and Alisa
NOTES: Second summits of Patsy Marley, Mount Wolverine, and Mount Tuscarora; Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth summits of 2021.
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/30
DATE: September 19, 2020
NAME: Big Mountain
PLACE: East Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 4.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 7420 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1534 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Big Mountain; Sixteenth summit of 2021.
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/31
DATE: October 24, 2021
NAME: Grandeur Peak
PLACE: Church Fork Trailhead - Millcreek Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 5.9 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 8299 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 2600 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: Fifteenth summit of Grandeur Peak; Seventeenth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/32
DATE: October 31, 2021
NAME: Alien Tower
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6500 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 538 feet
JOINED BY: Reina
NOTES: First summit of Alien Tower; Eighteenth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/33
DATE: November 07, 2021
NAME: Mount Olympus
PLACE: Mount Olympus Trailhead - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 6.9 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9026 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 4800 feet
NOTES: Eighth summit of Mount Olympus; Nineteenth summit of 2021
HIKE NUMBER: 2021/34
DATE: November 14 2021
NAME: Dale Peak and Perkins Peak
PLACE: East Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 8.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 7491 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1700 feet
NOTES: Second summit of Dale Peak and first summit of Perkins Peak; Twentieth and Twenty-first summits of 2021
HIKING STATS: 2021
NUMBER OF HIKES IN 2021: 34
NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS CLIMBED IN 2021: 21
TOTAL KNOWN DISTANCE IN 2021: ~120.9 miles
TOTAL KNOWN ELEVATION GAIN IN 2021: ~32286 feet
OVERALL HIKING STATS
NUMBER OF HIKES OVERALL: 401
NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS CLIMBED OVERALL: 133
NUMBER OF U.S. STATE HIGH PEAKS OVERALL: 07
NUMBER OF UTAH COUNTY HIGH POINTS OVERALL: 21
TOTAL KNOWN DISTANCE OVERALL: ~1343 miles
TOTAL KNOWN ELEVATION GAIN OVERALL: ~379526 feet