Ontario Ridge Hike for members with Don Roll

If you are a member and would like to join us on this hike, please contact Diane Knispel, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:

• 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)

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.

We’ll start with a short walk just up the hill on Marsac Road, where we’ll see the Ontario Drain Tunnel and the site of two stamping mills, The Ontario and the Second Daly Mill. From there, we’ll head up to the Ontario Bench Road on mostly shaded trails.

Once we get into Empire Canyon, we’ll visit perhaps the largest single treasure trove of mining artifacts in town, including, mine dumps for the American Flag and Massachusetts Mines. We’ll also visit several buildings from the Daly Mining Companies, including an explosive bunker, the Judge Mining and Smelting Company Office Building, the Judge Tunnel (also known as The Anchor Tunnel.) Just across from these buildings we will see remnants from the Alliance Mine, and the unique Alliance Watchman’s Cabin.

We will mostly return the same way we came up but will take Prospect Trail where we will see several old mining cabins which have fallen to ruins, along with an old DeSoto and Cadillac as well as a string of towers for the Daly Aerial Tram, one of three such trams that once operated to serve the Park City Mines.

This hike takes about 2.5 hours is 3.3 miles long and has a total of 617 vertical feet of climbing. Please bring water, snacks, sunscreen, etc. We’ll end up near Old Town, you may want to plan a lunch for yourselves at the conclusion of the hike!