Weather:  Few clouds, cool temperature.
Present were:  Mike, K7DOU and friend Nancy;  Gordon, K7HFV;  Clint, KA7OEI
Destination:  To Green's Meadow. (Via a tributary trail a short distance up Day's Fork)
Question of the day:  "What kind of tree is that?"  Gordon gave Nancy a brief lecture on how to tell various species of fir trees apart.  (Of course, it's the needles, cones, and bark that tell...)
Total distance:  Approx. 2.68 miles (including crossing the meadow and going a short distance into the trees at the far end.)
Times:  Depart Vehicle:  1839;  Depart Day's Fork Trail:  1856;  Arrive at meadow:  1924;  Depart meadow:  1945;  Rejoin Day's Fork trail:  2012;  Return to vehicle:  2025
Altitudes in feet ASL (approx):  Parking:  7370;  Turnoff from Day's Fork trail to meadow:  7630;  Meadow:  8350 (USGS data)
Elevation gain/loss (approx):  980 feet
Local sunset on this date:  7:36 pm (12 minutes lost over the past week.)

Images (150-824k each, .JPG):

A low picture count this time - and none that are (in my opinion) particularly striking:

• IMG01427 - A patch of sunlit mountain on the other side of the canyon, as viewed from the trail to the meadow.
• IMG01428 - Green's Basin.  Similar is #1430.  A view from the other end of the basin is #1433h.
• IMG01431h - Mike (left) and Gordon.  This isn't a very good picture (as Gordon's eyes are closed - even though there was no flash) but it's the only one taken on this hike with people in it...

• GPS track of the hike - The recorded GPS track of the hike.  Note:  There was inconsistent GPS lock due to terrain blockage and tree cover resulting in position/track errors.
• Elevation profile of the hike - The elevation profile of the hike.  Due to inconsistent GPS lock (especially near the destination) elevation data was spotty.  Because of this, the GPS-derived elevation at the meadow was not recorded accurately.  The USGS data shows the elevation to be about 8350 at the meadow.
• A more detailed GPS track - A more-detailed map with the GPS track of the hike plus the surrounding landmarks.  As with the other map, this track shows the position/track errors due to inconsistent GPS lock.
• K7DOU's GPS track -   Mike's receiver held a more consistent lock and here is the track from it.

Notes:

The trail and time of day (and sunset times) tended not to make this hike particularly photogenic.  The tree cover along the trail effectively obscures many of the potentially good views across the canyon while the lay of the land and angle of the sun conspired to make the meadow devoid of any alpenglow at sunset on this date.  Despite these photographic shortcomings, this hike is one well-suited for the minimal daylight remaining.

After the hike (it was just short of 8:30 pm) the group went up the canyon and had a pleasant dining experience at the Silver Fork Lodge restaurant.  (We learned that 3 shrimp are officially allocated to the Cajun Pasta dish - a fact learned when Nancy mentioned to our waiter that she'd only found two...  To be fair, they did bring 3 more.)

• If you want one (or more) of these images and wish some sort of adjustment (color, brightness, exposure, etc.) please let me know:  All of these image have been processed in some way.
• These images are 150-824k in size, .JPG and are in chronological order.
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• Images suffixed with "h" are half-size.  This was done for images that were somewhat out of focus (due to misfocus or camera movement associated with long shutter times) or those that required some extra noise reduction and thus lost some detail anyway.
• All images taken using a Sigma SD-10 camera using the 18-50mm zoom lens.

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