I-Trail Spotlight: Bell Canyon, i-Sandy, i-Utah

I-Bell Canyon, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Bell's Canyon noma i-Bells Canyon, iyisiyingi, i-glacier-eqoshiwe i-canyon eduze ne-Little Cottonwood Canyon. Itholakala kusuka emigwaqeni emibili ehlukene eduze nomnyango we-Little Cottonwood Canyon. I-canyon inikeza izinketho eziningi kubantu abahamba ngezinyawo, kufaka phakathi imigwaqo emibili emifushane, elula eya e-Lower Bell Canyon Reservoir, kanye nokuhamba okunamandla okuya kwiqoqo lamanzi okugeleza kanye ne-Upper Bell Canyon Reservoir.

I-Lower Bell Canyon Reservoir ihambelana nabaqaphi kanye nezingane, imvula yamanzi iyisimo esihamba phambili esiyinkimbinkimbi, kanti i-reservoir engaphezulu iyinhlanhla enkulu kakhulu yosuku lonke.

Inhloko ye-Granite yeBell Canyon isendaweni encane yeCottonwood Road, empumalanga yeWasatch Boulevard cishe ngo-9800 S. no-3400 E. Le nhloko yezintambo inezindawo zangasese kanye nokupaka. I-Boulders trailhead itholakala ku-10245 S. Wasatch Boulevard; it has yokupaka kodwa akukho zangasese. Kusuka enhlokweni ye-Granite kuya emagodini ngamamayela angu -7, ngokuphakama okuqondile kwamamitha angu-560. Kusuka e-Boulders trailhead kuya emanzini yi-.5 amamayela ngokuphakama okuqondile kwamamitha angu-578.

Ukunyuka kwesibhakabhaka esingaphansi kulula ukukhuphuka nge-sage ne-scrub oak, kanti omunye umzila olula uhamba ngokuzungezile echibini, ngokusebenzisa izinkuni ezikhuni kanye nasebhukwini elincane elingaphansi komfula. Ingxenye yezinkuni yendlela epholile futhi ivuselela esimweni esishisayo.

Emgodini, ngokuvamile uzothola amadada ambalwa, futhi yindawo enhle yezingane ukushayela nokuphonsa amadwala emanzini. Ukudoba nge-bait yokufakelwa kuvunyelwe, kepha ukubhukuda kanye nezilwane ezifuywayo akuyona indawo engumthombo wamanzi okuphuza.

Indlela eya emanzini yokuqala kuqala njengomgwaqo wenkonzo enyakatho yelondolo.

Cishe .1 ukulinganisa umgwaqo, isibonakaliso sibonisa indlela efanele. I-trail ilandela i-Bell Canyon Creek, enendlela emnandi emadlelweni okuholela esiteji esincane se-granite. I-spur 1.7 miles ukusuka e-trailer head iholela emanzini ekhohlo. Indlela eya e-waterfall idinga ukwehla emagqumeni amancane ngenhlabathi engcolile, kodwa ukuwa amahle kuwumvuzo omuhle wemizamo yakho yokuhamba.

Ngemuva kokungena kwamanzi okuqala, ungabuyela ngendlela oza ngayo, noma uqhubekele emaphethelweni amabili emanzini nasemanzini angaphezulu. Umzila osemthethweni ugijima cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-1.9 ukusuka enhlokweni ye-trail, kodwa i-cairns ibonisa indlela eya emanzini aphezulu kanye namanzi angaphezulu. I-reservoir engenhla ingamamitha angu-3.7 namamitha angu-3800 angamaqenqema ngaphezu kwesitokisi esingaphansi.

Qaphela ukuthi ukusakazwa kanye namanzi amanzi kunamandla kakhulu phakathi nenkathi yokusabalala kwentwasahlobo. Amanzi angase angajulile, kodwa kubanda kakhulu futhi agijima ngokushesha kangangokuthi abantu bangashesha futhi babanjwe ngaphansi kwamanje. Abantu badonsa unyaka ngamunye emifuleni yase-Utah kanye nemifucumfucu ngesikhathi sonyaka ka-spring. Lezi zimo ezibuhlungu zingagwenywa ngokuhlala kucace kahle kwamanzi, futhi hhayi ukuhamba eduze kwemifudlana phakathi nezinkathi zokugijima okuphezulu.