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- Vehicular limbo
This trail seems to get skipped over in discussions of wheeling in AF canyon. Can I safely construe that this means it's boring, and easily handled by my friend's stock Durango?
Silver Lake - AF canyon
- Thread starter Kevin B.
- Start date
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Which route are you specifically referring to? There are two trails above Silver Lake Flat Reservoir, Milmaid and Upper Major Evans. Milkmaid is short but scenic and UMEG is very neat, it is gated at private property just as you enter the actual gulch.
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- Vehicular limbo
Um... Milkmaid, I guess. I thought MEG was one canyon over?
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- Sandy, Ut
It is, but a road switchbacks up the east face and drops into the head of Major Evans Gulch and in fact goes all the way to the the ridge line below the American Fork Twins looking down into Mary Ellen Gulch. However as noted this route is private property and is gated. I know I don't need to tell you but we always need to respect private property. Vandals have messed with their gate in the past
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
MEG= Mary Ellen Gulch, I assume they are two different trails.
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
A minute late!
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
- Location
- Vehicular limbo
Ok, I confused myself. The trail into Silver Lake itself is specifically what I was referring to, but I just found a trail map (hopefully current) that says that's hiking only between Silver Lake Flat and Silver Lake.
Was that ever open to vehicles, or is this guy talking about Milkmaid (5th paragraph)?
And who is responsible for two MEGs in there??? That caused a good minute of headscratching.
Was that ever open to vehicles, or is this guy talking about Milkmaid (5th paragraph)?
And who is responsible for two MEGs in there??? That caused a good minute of headscratching.
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
THen what's UMEG
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
No, the hiking trail to Silver Lake and Silver Glance have never been open to vehicles, its possible that a quad or dirtbike could run them but doubtful? The Milkmaid 4x4 route will get you as close to Silver Lake as any other.
The link is referring to the Upper Major Evans Gulch route. Not sure why they even mentioned Silver Lake?
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- Sandy, Ut
THen what's UMEG
Alright, time for the crayons
Upper Major Evans Gulch
You cannot connect Upper Major Evans Gulch with Lower Major Evans Gulch (both of which constitute Major Evans Gulch). A route was rumored years ago but we've hiked it and it just doesn't exist.
You get to Upper by passing Silver Lake Flat Reservoir and climbing the switchbacks. You get to Lower by passing Graveyard Flats and turning up the Gulch. Clear as mud?
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
Other than:
Mary Ellen Gulch
Forest Lake
Mineral Basin
Is there anything else up there that would be a must do? Or more specific, is there anything as challenging as the three mentioned in the area? Miller Hill?
Mary Ellen Gulch
Forest Lake
Mineral Basin
Is there anything else up there that would be a must do? Or more specific, is there anything as challenging as the three mentioned in the area? Miller Hill?
- Location
- Vehicular limbo
See, and googlemaps (which is no kind of authority, i know) shows a road between Silver Lake Flat and Silver Lake, too, which is what threw me.
So. Milkmaid. Tame enough for a guy with a stock 4wd and an aversion to body damage, or should we look elsewhere?
I apologize for being ignorant, but I haven't ever driven the offroad trails up there and I'm hoping to avoid spending the day driving from trailhead to trailhead looking for something he won't balk at.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Miller Hill offers little in the sense of challenge, though it makes up for it imo in scenery. Milkmaid and UMEG would qualify as the same, little challenge but scenery galore.
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
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- Vehicular limbo
Awesome, thanks.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
That picture is somewhere you can't go, the now closed Pitsburg Lake Trail.
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
Gotcha, can hike it though right? I have learned a lot from this chat. Many thanks!
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Yup, a great hike.
zukijames
Well-Known Member
- Location
- not moab anymore
kurt i wish i knew as much as you can you just hand all your trail knowledge to me. with out me having to do a whole bunch of reading and reasearch