11 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Sometimes its not climbing something that gives you the best view, it is looking at it from the right perspective. This hike up to the canyon below the cliffs of Table Mountain is underrated. The trail is gentle and scenic once you get up the OHV path and the visible layers in the remnants of Table Mountain are no less than geology porn.
Aldrich Butte is a steep little jaunt that offers fantastic views of the Hamilton Saddle, Munra Point, Wauna Point and everything in between. The left over structures at the top are pretty interesting as well.
Up the gravel roads and up to Carpenter Lake. Then up the Greenleaf trail along the west side of the Froggy Marsh posing as a lake, the cacophony of frogs was amazing. Our break below the cliffs of Table Mountain is just too hard to describe, it must be seen. After a brief trip up to see the section of Greenleaf Falls that crosses the trail we headed back down to tag Aldrich Butte. The climb up was steep and rocky but the view was awesome. Then we used the unnamed shortcut trail that starts on the south side of Carpenter "Frog" Lake ad headed back down to the greenhouse above Bonneville Hot Springs.
