Spring Creek Canyon Hike

In the pic: Zach, Shauna, Jeff, Sarah, Jen, Becky, Jake, and Jon.

Here we are on Valentines Day, the family and some friends, in a snowstorm, hiking up Spring Creek Canyon, near Springville, Utah. Some of the group arrived a few days earlier from Charlotte, NC. Several members had never been snowshoeing prior to this day. 

It was a really nice day for our snow hike, mid-twenties, fresh snow during the night and still snowing during our trek. This a good area to snowshoe since it is not difficult for those new to the sport, but still enough fun stuff for those more experienced or adventurous. Lots of places to jump off into the fluffy new powder snow.

I had been up in this area a number of times scouting around, getting familar with the canyon and looking for a spot that would be just right for some winter camping. I had found a place and wanted to see if Zach agreed that this was the place.

We had a good deal of fun getting up the canyon to the campsite, while there some of the guys decided to climb up some cliffs and look into what was a small cave. I worked on a little fire, just for kicks. I had forgotten the pot for heating the water for hot chocolate, bummer, again, oh well still had lots of fun.

All the snowshoes functioned quite well except for one had a grommet failure, all in all not too bad for the 7 pair of snowshoes we made at Wilderness Innovation.

The day was so fun and it was nice to have a good group to go with, no complaining, a great time.

Here's a couple links to some short video clips: Clip 1  Clip 2

Now go ahead, have a blast in the snow!!