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August 14 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
HIKE IS FULL. You’ve heard about Deer Valley’s “Expanded Excellence” terrain. Did you know it comes with a 3,100-acre conservation easement? We’ll learn about the 45th Star Conservation Preserve and the mining history and ecology within its borders on an August 14th museum hike.
Join Wendy Fisher, executive director of Utah Open Lands, and Michael O’Malley, Deer Valley mountain host and museum researcher, for a six-mile+ roundtrip hike with a 1,200-feet vertical rise. We’ll follow the Ontario Canyon hiking trail up and then traverse partway on Bowhunter trail for a good view of the protected landscape. With a little bit of uphill work, there’s an option to return to the Silver Lake area via the Sterling chairlift.
Lace up your hiking boots and bring the usual supplies of sunscreen, water, snacks, headgear, and questions. We’ll meet at the Ontario Mine Trailhead on Marsac Avenue (just downhill of Wheaton Way) with a planned departure of 8:30 am. The hike should take less than four hours, though timing may vary with the chairlift download option – not to mention lunch on your own at the Royal Street Café!
If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes, please contact Diane Knispel, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:
• Which hike you would like to go on?
• Names of people going on the hike.
• Email address associated with your membership.
• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)
• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not?
If you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you!
I will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information.