Mount Olympus
Distance: 6.4 miles (round trip)Walking time: 6 hours
Elevations: 4,200 ft. gain/loss
• Mount Olympus Trailhead: 4,830 ft.
• Mount Olympus: 9,026 ft.
Trail: This is a very popular hike. The trail is well used and generally easy to follow. The last 0.1 mile below the summit, however, is very steep and rocky and some scrambling is necessary.
Season: Summer through mid-fall. The upper parts of the trail are usually covered with snow from mid-November to early June. For current conditions call the Salt Lake Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, at (801) 943-1794.
Vicinity: Near Murray and Salt Lake City
June 7, 2011
I was so excited to go on this hike. I had finally just got a new camera. My last one was in 2003 and my new camera was so much better then that one. I was excited to be able to start taking pictures. I did not know exactly how the camera worked and I forgot to get a memory card for it. Whoops. Unfortunately it only held about 4-5 pictures for the camera's memory. So I didn't get too many great pics. Sad day. The good thing though is I didn't go on this hike alone and my friend was able to supply me some pics. It was one of the first days that were warm and very clear sky's. I was happy to be outside. I was just very tired and could have slept half the day. So I was happy that the day got moving. The first part of the hike is very steep and in the sun quite a bit. We were able to move along in great speed.
Along the way were were able to see many things that were of nature and also of man. There was this Golf Course that made the scenic views much more beautiful along the way.
There were many rivers that we past. The first one is half way up the mountain. I love this creek. It is nice to know how far I have gone.
We met these two guys at our break at the creek. As these to guys came to the creek each of the had a bag with a golf club attached to them. I asked them, "Do you plan on golfing". As we did see a golf course on our way up. They said they were going to do exactly that. They said this summer they plan to hike a number of peaks in UT and hit a few golf balls off the Mountain. Interesting. I guess its a good way to perfect your swing in high elevation.
There is still quite a bit water run off from the snow that just won't melt becuase its been too cold for too long.
