After Mount Peale, I traded extra highway miles towards Pikes Peak for a half-day in Arches. Four hours became a fast circuit of roadside viewpoints, short walks, 43°C heat, dark thunderclouds, Balanced Rock and the Windows Section.
United States | Southern Wasatch
Mount Nebo drew me as an ultra-prominence peak, but the day became memorable for a well-kept wildflower trail, deer at close range, distant thunder along the summit ridge, and a parking permit system that only made sense after I found a ticket on the car.
United States | Great Basin Ranges
A brutally hot hike to Frary Peak, the 2,010 m high point of Antelope Island, with broad Great Salt Lake views, an accidental rocky-ridge scramble, a narrow eroded descent trail and post-hike encounters with bison and bighorn sheep.