Paiute Trail Work Day & More!

Saturday was Get Outdoors Day and the guys went to work on the Paiute trail.  While Caleb heaved trees out of the woods by hand, Chris applied RZR power!

They worked with Jim, the camp owner, and other volunteers building up a fence around a meadow.

There are some areas of the Paiute trail that are limited to 50” machines, so Chris and Caleb hiked up, up, up to the snow!

Back at camp, the foxes come out to play in the evening!  There are at least 7 and maybe 8 kits that are living in the culverts.

It seems they’ve gotten big enough to spread out, two to a culvert, while they wait for mama fox to bring back dinner.

We’ve put on close to 400 trail miles, discovering old mining cabins dating back to the late 1800’s.

The mines were primarily for silver and gold, but this mine was for Alunite.

The stone archway still stands, although the roof has since collapsed.  We were treated to an “insider’s ride” by the camp owner, Jim.

Caleb has been riding about 40 miles a day up to 11,000 feet elevation and his Honda 250 has been working great!

We’ve extended our stay from one week to two and know that we will return to this beautiful area!

Silver King Mine & Paiute Side Trail #13

We ventured out on a ride to the Silver King Mine and the Paiute trail. This will primarily be a pictorial post…

Chris & Caleb pose as Miners in the 2nd story of the mine house.

Flowers at the Silver King Mine.

View from Winkler Point.

Unique twisted Aspen grove along the trail.

Descending down towards the Fremont Indian Museum (which we’re saving for a different day.)

Caleb put on 45 miles on this trail!

Passing under I-70 before turning around and heading back up over the mountain.

Many old mine sites along the trail.

A wonderful day with friends along the Paiute trail!

God has blessed us in so many ways!

The welcoming committee awaits as we enter back into the Marysvale valley.

Off for another ride combined with some fishing- gotta’ go!

Deer Creek Trail- Marysvale, Utah

The Paiute 01 trail is at least 236 miles long, with no beginning and no end.  It connects many southern Utah towns, and Marysvale is a trail hub.  Trail 02 connects the valley to the main trail.  We climbed up out of the valley for magnificent views before joining up with the 01.

A short ride on the 01 connected to the 74, where we would start descending into the valley along Deer Creek.

Well marked trail signs and a good map led the way for our loop ride through the aspens and pines.

We traversed over rocky sections and steep sections and even nice smooth sections with dappled sunlight filtered through the trees.

We even crossed over Deer Creek on bridges that allowed the water to flow through.

Caleb particularly enjoyed the water crossings!  We happened to meet up with a couple from our hometown for this ride.  Although we hadn’t met in our hometown, we quickly realized we have many common friends!

We entered the valley again amidst the craggy rocks near Big Rock Candy Mountain for an important lunch stop at Hoover’s (with a “V”) to enjoy burgers and cobbler before heading back to camp. 

Our 27 mile ride today was just a taste of the majesty of the area!