The view from Mt Raymond

Mt Raymond is easily recognized from many locations within the Wasatch Mountains.  You might remember that there are three major canyons in the section of the Wasatch range that forms the eastern geographic boundary of Salt Lake City…Millcreek, Big Cottonwood, and Little Cottonwood…from north to south…and they all lie in an east/west orientation.  Mt Raymond lies somewhat near the middle of the ridge that separates Millcreek and Big Cottonwood Canyons.  While I had hiked around it three times and had stared at it so many more, I had never set-out to actually climb to the top of it…until the end of October of this year.  This post doesn’t highlight the hike itself…it shows what can be seen from the trail up to, and from the summit.  If you’ll click on any of the images in the gallery, you’ll be taken to a slide presentation that includes additional orientation-related commentary with most photos.

Looking east…

Looking south…

You might remember the zig-zag trail from other posts.

This is where you find Lakes Blanche, Florence, and Lillian.

Twin Peaks to the right with the “U” shaped saddle just to the left of them.

Mt Raymond summit at 10,241 ft.

Looking west…

Looking northwest…the blue is the Great Salt Lake…with a very low water level…the white is the lake-bed that is usually beneath several feet of water.

Looking northeast…

December 30, 2013 | Categories: Photos - Outdoors | Tags: Aspen, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Broads Fork, Broads Fork Twin Peaks, Butlers Fork, hiking, hiking Mt Raymond, images made 10-23-2013, Mill A Basin, Mill B South, Mineral Fork, Mountain Ash, Mt Raymond, Mt Raymond summit, photography, Utah hiking, Wasatch Mountains, Wasatch National Forest | 23 Comments