Made the hike up to Lake Catherine today. Went up to Catherine Pass and then continued on up to Sunset Peak.
Sunset Peak is the highest point in the picture above.
It was a nice hike. Not too difficult. The trail is well maintained but quite rocky in spots. The hike to Lake Mary (just shy of 1 mile) is quite popular, and the next mile up to Lake Catherine still gets quite a few travelers as well.
Hiking to Lake Catherine, just to get to Lake Catherine, in my opinion, really wouldn't be worth the trip. To get your money's worth you've got to go up, at a minimum, to Catherine Pass--and preferably all the way up to Sunset Peak. Most of the images I've seen on the internet of Lakes Catherine, Martha, and Mary are taken from there. Like this one:
Here's one with me in it--just so you know I was really there:
Nice hair, eh?
To get there: I-215 East to the 6200 S (#6) Exit. Follow the signs for Big Cottonwood Canyon, Solitude and Brighton ski resorts. Drive all the way up to Brighton and at the top of the one-way loop that is Brighton, park in the resort parking lot and look for the trail head--about 4/10ths of a mile beyond the visitors center.
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That would be a big negative on the sunburn. There ain't one.
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.....
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