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Neffs Canyon Meadow

Mount Olympus
Wildcat Ridge
Wasatch Mountains - Salt Lake City, Utah

Neffs Canyon Meadow: 8,000'
2.75 miles one way
Elevation gain: 2450'

Although we didn't see it,
Neffs Canyon is home to one of the deepest caves in America.
Neffs Canyon Cave: 1,165 feet deep, the deepest cave in Utah, #10 in the US.

The meadow was filled with bugs, none of them seemed to bite me but Rafael said they bit him. I inhaled or swallowed at least 6.


MOUNT OLYMPUS AREA
North Face Trail - Olympus - Sep Olympus North Peak Ledge Walk Olympus North Face Video - Sep Wasatch Front Views Olympus North Peak Video Mount Olympus Six Peaks Route Olympus North Rattlesnake Neffs Ridge Panorama Neffs Ridge 3 Olympus North Face Trail Olympus North Face Trail Olympus North Panorama Neffs Knob Neffs Ridge 2


June 14, 2002

Neffs Canyon Bridge

Katita, Gloria, and Leo crossing the bridge.
When you get here, you are about 75% of the way there.


Neffs Canyon Meadow

Gloria and Katita walking through Neffs Meadow.


Neffs Canyon

Looking west down Neffs Canyon toward Salt Lake City.


Wildcat Ridge

From the meadow looking south at Wildcat Ridge.


Wildcat Ridge

Wildcat Ridge, on the far right is Triangle Peak.


Triangle Peak

A Telephoto of Triangle Peak




Quartzite Slabs along Wildcat Ridge


Mount Olympus

Looking west toward Mount Olympus south and north peaks,
The Salt Lake Valley, The Oquirrh Mountains, and beyond to the Stansbury Mountains.


Mount Olympus south peak

Looking west toward Mount Olympus south peak.
This is the one normally climbed from the Olympus Trail.


Mount Olympus north peak

Mount Olympus north peak, this place is rarely visited.
(I've never met anyone who's been there)


Antelope Island

Looking west over Neffs Ridge to Antelope Island, and The Great Salt Lake.


Stansbury Island

The Kennecott Tailings Pond, The Great Salt Lake, and Stansbury Island.


Stansbury Mountains

The Oquirrh Mountains, with The Stansbury Mountains behind.


Kennecott

The Kennecott Smelter, where they refine ore from the Bingham Mine.




Sunset over Antelope Island

Neffs Canyon Ridge - The ridge between Mount Olympus and Grandeur
Neffs Canyon Meadow - Near the pass at the head of Neffs Canyon
Neffs Canyon North's Fork - "The Death Chute"
Mount Olympus North - Map - Satellite Map of the North side of Mount Olympus
Neffs Canyon - Wildcat Ridge - Ridge east of Mount Olympus at the end of Neffs
Wildcat Ridge Sunset Pictures - Amazing sunset pictures from the top of Wildcat Ridge

Thanks to Rafael, Leo, Gloria, and Katita

 






Message Board


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Linda Taylorsville2010-07-25
Are there any glaciers on Mt Olympus? I heard there are but can find no information about any.


emilyohio2010-03-04
umm where the flip am i supposed to find information about these stupid things


Lewissslc 2009-08-22
robert, the canyon to the right is nicer in july, cooler in the summer, the main canyon is pretty hot/sun so early or evening is better that way, spring time is the best a lot more water in the canyon, spring melt-off, then goes almost dry in midsummer


lewissalt lake
city
2009-07-02
anyone know anything about who built the "secret camp"?


Lewis slc2009-04-04
to find the neff's cave, I went up the main trail, and I kept taking to the right, and up, on every fork I came to, several times, this might have been the time I ended up camping out somewhere (back in the 70s), but not sure, then came back down, following an upper dry streambed, and bumped into the cave, it is in the only time I can find it, you might want to try a USGS survey map, or sumtin, not sure why anyone would want to find that "fool's cave," read about it, you need national forest service permission to go into it, and you had best be a very experienced spelunker(s) with full gear, lights, ropes, belay experience, my guess is a dead body or two in the bottom of it, it is grated and locked over, as it should be


Lewissalt lake2008-09-14
I have found the entrance to neff's canyon cave, about twenty years ago, hiked up the canyon, bushwacking on the way down, like they say, following a stream bed, seems to go around a boulder, but then runs into it, it is grated over, thank's to god, someone might be done enough to go into it, I used to hang that canyon as a young man, lots of hawks, then, all gone now, seen a loon bird in the winter, cougar tracks, sadly a buddy shot a bobcat up there, had the skin, asshole


Darel Neilson2007-07-14
My son Daniel & I climbed the North peak about 7 years ago. We used the regular route up Mt. O unti9l the trail climbs South our of Tolcate Canyon. We then turned North and followed the ridge to the top. I would also like to know where the entrance to the cave is. There was a complete description of the climb by Harold Goodro as he mapped the cave. The total depth was never reached because of water. This article was in a publication called Utah Sports Ink, a rather short lived publication. I kept a copy for years but have misplaced it somewhere. Oh, Well!! Darel Neilson


Gene LeavittKearns UT2007-03-28
I will go hiking there again after the snow melts!


KyleHolliday,
Utah
2007-01-04
those are some cool pics. i just hiked up to the meadow last night for the first time. just wondering have you ever found the entrance to neff's cave


BiancaSão Paulo2006-12-19
Eu gostaria de rever fotos da cidade de Nephi em Utah


Ian M
Williams
Holladay,
Utah
2006-12-04
I used one of your pictures on "myspace". which is weird. anyway, im in your area, lets go hiking. Electronic mail me. -zIan


BlaineSLC Ut2006-01-29
Excellent photos. In one of your photos you said that you had never met anyone who had been to the North Peak of Mt. Olympus. Your photo shows some of the colours that run down it's north side. One of the most enjoyable semi-mountainering hikes is to hike or climb up the face of Mount Olympus starting at the snowfield on the left and then making your way up to the north peak. Do this in the spring when the snow is gone from the face. Then to come down you can glisade or slide down the north side that your photo shows. Some like to ski it. Make sure you take an ice ax so you can control your speed and for hiking up the snow field at the beggining. If you ever need more details just email.


CHRIS pONDsalt lake2005-10-15
Cool pics. I ski up there quite a bit.


roberthlldy-utah2005-05-04
Iwill be going up neffs in july , any suggestions?,,,,,,,,,,,oh by the way the photos are wonderful : )



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