Last light on Twin Peaks above the Wasatch Range.
Looking back up City Creek Canyon from above Ensign Peak.
Salt Lake City, looking down State Street from above the Capitol.
The Wasatch with Mt. Olympus in the center and Twin Peaks just behind.
Blue green me
Ensign Peak from further up the trail.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.) Growing straight out from the hill (at an angle to the horizon).
Wavy leaf Thistle (Cirsium undulatum)
Ensign Peak from above.
Hiking above Ensign Peak.
The Salt Lake valley with Ensign Peak on the right.
The maple trees and gambel oaks are just now putting out leaf buds.
I won't be able to figure out what these are until they bloom.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.)
Unknown barberry
What can be seen from the peak.
Trail description.
I've seen deer, evidence of elk, coyotes, lots of song and larger birds (heard the chukars) , and plenty of wildflowers. It's a great easy hike up out of the city.
Mormons, the first settlers.
Early non-native visitors to the area.
Native American history of the area.
"I want to go there."
Reproduction of the plaque that marked the Ensign Peak Monument constructed in 1934.
Plaza at Ensign Peak, dedicated in 1996, "situated a symbolic 47 feet from the street, a reminder of the year, 1847" when nine Mormon pioneers hiked the peak to survey their new settlement, the Salt Lake valley.
Evening hike near Ensign Peak
Mountain ash
Last asters of the season
Upper City Creek Canyon
Looking south
Stoic
Camera shy
Whoa!
Wait a second, I feel like someone is...
Ensign Peak and Bingham Copper Mine in the distance
Some of the oaks are turning
A mountain maple rises in red over the scrub oak
One of the last sunflowers for the season
Sulfur buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)
Heading north from Ensign Peak
The monument at Ensign Peak
Looking east from the trail
Ensign Peak from the beginning of the trail
Ensign Peak, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA http://www.360cities.net/image/ensign-peak-04-slc-utah-usa
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360 near Ensign Peak http://www.360cities.net/image/ensign-peak-02-slc-utah-usa
360 of Ensign Peak http://www.360cities.net/image/ensign-peak-01-salt-lake-city-utah-usa
Primrose
Sego
Sego Lily
Through the rabbit hole
Near Ensign Peak, Utah
Tunnel vision of Ensign Peak, Utah
Ensign Peak Monument
Tunnel vision of Ensign Peak Monument
Mt. Olympus from Ensign Peak
Thistle
Wild pea
Wild Pea
Ensign Peak monument
Unknown flower
Salt Lake Valley, from Ensign Peak
View marker, Ensign Peak
Salt Lake City
Eastern Salt Lake City seen from Ensign Peak, Wasatch Mountains in background
Flag monument, Ensign Peak
Summit monument, Ensign Peak
Lady beetle on Locoweed
View of Salt Lake City from Ensign's Peak
Mule's Ears, Ensign Peak
Blue Flax
Ensign Peak Trail
Ensign Peak
Indian Pink, Locoweed and Mule's Ears
Sweetvetch
Oquirh Mountains and West Salt Lake
Indian Pink and Phlox
Beetles on Indian Pink
Locoweed
Groundsel?
Ensign Peak Tr, “The Valley” Marker
Wallflower?
Mallow
Mule's Ears
