DONUT FALLS APM HIKE JULY 2015

July our hike was planned by Andrew Pehrson and his fiance, Alex.  They arranged for us to hike DONUT FALLS in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

L to R: Jenny Greenwood, Arianne Holmes, Me,  Jesus Castro, Maria Garcia, Alex, Andrew Pehrson, and 2 of Maria's friends from her YSA. 
As we hiked the trail we came to this intersection...no markings at all and two very probable paths.  So, as in the poem, we took the "road less traveled by" since it was leading UP.  It was a nice trail, but led us away from the sound of water...so we ended up backtracking to make it to the BOTTOM of the falls.  The other trail may have led us to the top, but we will save that for another day :)





   
We came to the bottom of the falls and realized we would be hiking up the middle of the stream to get to the top.  FUN!

It was such a beautiful day, we were up for the challenge!  And we were glad we came early.  It was actually freezing cold when we arrived, but warmed up nicely!







The entrance to where you can see the falls come through the hole in the rock is up at the top and takes some climbing to get down into.  Jenny and I check it out!

We were warned by THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE to watch our heads when we went down in.  I don't know if you can see where my hand is holding jagged rocks here, but Andrew found them...WITH HIS HEAD!





Luckily, Maria had a bandana and we got him tied up for the rest of the hike!




You can see this is not a mere flesh wound.  He ended up with 6 staples!!





 



Perfect engagement photo I think!!










And Christmas card material for us!!

Pres T got down and under and got some cool video of the water coming in. 

 Looking up at where we hiked up.

 Coming back down!

 Enjoying nature!  And each others company!

 Jesus on the balance beam.

 And yet more Christmas card material.

We love these hikes.  Great to visit with each friend and enjoy nature and get exercise all at the same time!

If you have a hike destination you want to lead us on, let us know!