The Mezzanines are a traditional climbing area located along the Wasatch front north of Ogden canyon. Sunday we decided to hike up and check out some potential routes for an accent in the next couple of weeks. The approach is about a mile and a half with an elevation gain of approximately 1000 feet. The approach turned out to be a little easier then I thought it would be due to the fact you can take an angling route and not have to hike straight up, the hike took just about an hour to get near the base of the climbing. The actual climb will be about 800 feet, should be awesome.
With all the ran we've had the cactus flowers were in full bloom, This is something that you don't see that often due to the dry conditions that normally prevail. Sometimes during a hiking season you won't see these in bloom all season.
We came across this rock outcropping near the end of the approach it looked like a beautiful solid sandstone wall nearly 80 feet high. After getting to the base Josh discovered that it was so soft he could actually just pull large pieces off, it had a weird crumbly feel. Odd.
This was about half way up the approach.
The Mezzanines are a traditional climbing area located along the Wasatch front north of Ogden canyon. Sunday we decided to hike up and check out some potential routes for an accent in the next couple of weeks. The approach is about a mile and a half with an elevation gain of approximately 1000 feet. The approach turned out to be a little easier then I thought it would be due to the fact you can take an angling route and not have to hike straight up, the hike took just about an hour to get near the base of the climbing. The actual climb will be about 800 feet, should be awesome.
With all the ran we've had the cactus flowers were in full bloom, This is something that you don't see that often due to the dry conditions that normally prevail. Sometimes during a hiking season you won't see these in bloom all season.
We came across this rock outcropping near the end of the approach it looked like a beautiful solid sandstone wall nearly 80 feet high. After getting to the base Josh discovered that it was so soft he could actually just pull large pieces off, it had a weird crumbly feel. Odd.
This was about half way up the approach.
