Manti-LaSal
National Forest Photos
- The Josephite Point Trail extends 7 miles across high
mountain meadows (about 9000 feet above sea level) and through dense forested
areas between Pete's Hole Reservoir and Mary's Lake, 2 popular fishing
lakes located in a semi-primitive recreation area (no motorized vehicles
allowed.) The trail is part of a 28 mile mountain bike loop rated as intermediate
difficulty.
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- Joe's Valley Reservoir is magnificent as viewed from
Josephite Point, a thousand plus feet above it. The trail has been reconstructed
by volunteers from the American Hiking Society in 1998 and 1999. The trail
has been raised in wet areas, water bars have been installed, and 3 bridges
have been constructed across troublesome streams. Photos of our bridge building project are available.
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- High meadows, dense stands of trees, and numerous
vistas like this characterize this magnificent area. The trail, like most
mountain trails, has its share of ups and downs, but is mainly flat for
its length. The profusion of wildflowers evident will amaze hikers and
bikers alike.
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- Numerous small lakes are along the trail. This photo
is of Slide Lake, the one lake not created by beaver activity. We even
saw a beaver at one of the other lakes. One unusual structure was encountered
on the trail -- a fence of logs which had to be climbed over. We later
learned that sheep graze on the western section of the trail and cattle
on the eastern section and the fence is to keep them apart. In the woods
near our basecamp, which was located by Academy Mill Reservoir, we found
the skeleton (still with partial skin covering) of a sheep.