Toad Head

TOAD HEAD: Toad Head is an intermediate peak half-way between the top of the peak (south of Maple top - at about 1860 S in Provo) and the valley floor. It is pretty impressive when viewed from the north - the north side of the peak looks like its about a 600-1000 foot cliff.

So, my first adventure came a lot quicker than I had anticipated. I took advantage of Havalah's test she had to take on Saturday to do a little bit of good, old-fashioned bush wacking. It satisfied my desire for the outdoors this week - Havalah said we could go hiking this next Saturday - so we'll see.

I have been eye-ing this little craggy-like peak on my way to work almost everyday. So, on Saturday, I decided to head off and try to summit it. (That's a goat above). There was no trail, so I parked in some neighborhood and just started up it.

I almost immediatley felt like I was in the movie Bambi! It was sort of funny because I could see the top of the peak and my car at the same time, almost for the entire time. I could hear trains and cars, and yet I saw more wild-life than I probably ever have on a hike this short before.

In this picture you can see a mule deer. There were a few but they ran off pretty quick - you can still see one on the ridge.

When I reached the ridge, I could see way down into Slate Canyon. As you can see, there are these sweet cliffs that run sort of the whole length of the ridge to the peak.