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| Silver Lake Panorama - Lone Peak Wilderness |
Silver Lake Lone Peak Wilderness
in 360 Degrees
American Fork Canyon, Utah
Silver Lake in Lone Peak Wilderness Area is one of my favorite mountain lakes, and going beyond Silver Lake to Silver Glance Lake is a spectacular cherry on top, for the views of this Silver Lake from that trail are gorgeous. I love the white rocks and cliffs that are common in the Lone Peak Wilderness area. I love that this naturally contained lake, has the gorgeous waterfall that spills over the cliff walls that hold this water in place. I love that the water is so clear that you can see the fish swimming by, and for those brave enough to deal with the cold water, you can actually get in and take a swim. Beautiful treasure.
360 Video From Waterfall to Silver Lake
This is 360 video, so make your move around to see it all. You are in control. The best way to view this is by putting on a VR Headset, and you can be transported here using YouTubeVR-ShaunasAdventures.
Todd's amazing Sphere Image from his Drone.
Information on Silver Lake Trail
This hike has been on my list for weeks now, so I was super excited to finally be heading up to Silver Lake. For those not familiar with Silver Lake, it can be confusing. You drive up American Fork Canyon, and then left at the fork to Tibble Fork Reservoir. At the reservoir, you take a left and head up a pretty steep narrow dirt road. It has washboard type bumps, but no big boulders. There are often people up here that drove just a car, but the majority drive 4WD vehicles. When you get to the top you are at a lake, and this lake is called Silver Lake FLAT reservoir. It is also a super beautiful lake, but it is not this Silver Lake.
Here is a like to the blog post I did on Silver Lake FLAT reservoir.
At the north side of the lake there are bathrooms, and the trailhead is here.
Immersive VR 360 Getaway to Silver Lake Flat with a few shots from Sliver Lake for VR Headsets. Just throw on a VR Headset and Search "ShaunasAdventures" on OculusTV, YouTubeVR, or use my Oculus Portfolio Link.
My husband and I were shocked with the beauty of this forest trail. The trail is 2.2 miles each way making it 4.4 total. The trail had so many different types of flowers, and the fragrance was amazing. The first part of the trail, the dominate flower was tons of white and pink hardy geraniums.
The stream was not super wide, but it often had beautiful spots where the stream worked its way around massive boulders between walls of gorgeous flora.
About a half mile up, you need to cross the stream, but you can see there is many options. you can cross on the logs, or rocks, or just walk through the water.
After we cross the stream, we were shocked by this wall of ferns. Am I really in Utah, or am I in Oregon. Not quite sure at this moment!
The hike has these huge cliffs you are climbing towards doing switchbacks to make the climb.
The other flower that you will see often on the trail up is this bright blue Penstemon flower.
Some look like a mouth with little teeth, but the color is astounding!
As you keep getting closer to those cliffs you will luck upon a field of
Yellow Arrowleaf Balsamroot Flowers.
What a bright pick me up when you might be feeling just a little tired!
This Indian Paintbrush is a beautiful purple in color! Wow! And not just one, but a huge cluster of them.
The lake is hidden behind those cliffs, for they are like a natural dam for the water. As the water leaves the lake, it falls over the cliff making this gorgeous waterfall.
Waterfall that Spills out from the lake above.
2D Version of Waterfall Video
Rare treat to find a wild Hollyhock up here since they often only bloom once every 2 years.
This is the famous Jacob's-ladder flower, and I found fields of it along the trail.
360 Trail Around Silver Lake
At this point, by battery was running low, so I was hurrying a little fast around the lake, and I think it affected the 360 images.
There was big beautiful bouquets of Forget-Me-Not flowers still in bloom in both blue and the True variety in pure white.
Great spot where people were jumping from the rock into the water.
This rare beauty we only saw twice on the hike and we were looking. It is so rare I have not had success having software help me identify it, and I have never seen this plant before. It was super cool! Amazing specimen!
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| Clarity of water at Silver Lake |
Notice how clear the water is. You can see straight down in for quite a ways out. Todd sat on the shore and just watched some Brookie fishes swimming around and he was so mad he didn't have his fishing pole!
Some of the Columbine are Starting to bloom around the stream and around the Lake.
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| A Yellow Sulphur Cinquefoil Flower |
There are so many wild roses and Sweet Pea flowers along the trail. So stop and smell the roses, and don't rush to leave this beautiful area. Just find a nice rock to sit on, enjoy a nice Cliff bar or Protein bar and just soak it all in! :)
The Cliffs on the South west corner of the lake.
KEEP GOING TO SILVER GLANCE LAKE IF YOU CAN!
If you have any stea left in you at this point, you really should check out Silver Glance Lake. The views of Silver Lake from the Trail to Silver Glance Lake are amazing, and the area definitely feels more Lone Peak Wilderness area on that trail. Lots of white boulders with flowers everywhere. It really is beautiful. Here is the link for Silver Glance Lake if you are interested.
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| Silver Glance Lake- Lone Peak Wilderness |
CURIOUS WHAT I WON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT WHEN HIKING. HERE IS MY LIST.
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If you liked this hike, you will also LOVE
LAKE MARY, Lake Martha, and Lake Catherine.
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and
ALBION BASION for WILDFLOWERS
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and
LAKE BLANCHE
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and
RED PINE LAKE
