50.27 Utah: Jack's Peak: More than Enough Snow for Jen—she summons a ride. Not Lyft, not Uber, not Jeffrey's shoulders—the woman has class (or is spoilt rotten).
Not too bad a start to the day. A rough (steep) beginning but no snow at this altitude. Jen ploughs through the snow to arrive at Jack's Peak. Jen takes in the surrounds and states, "Enough. I'm not hiking down." "Okay," I reply, "But there aren't that many alternatives. There's Mount Wire across the way. You complained last week, too when you had to walk down." What's that?" she declares. "That's another mountain. It's of no use to you seeing you've had enough." "No. That there." "That's Salt Lake City. But you don't like cities, so you tell me." "No, silly. That thing in the air." "No. Tell me you're not serious. That's a helicopter." " Exactly. Call him for me." Note the tower on Mount Wire, a little faint...then see a close-up, below. Mount Wire, a tough hike (See above for perspective.) ...