Ben Lomond Peak, Northern Wasatch

Ben Lomond Peak is just north of Ogden, UT, rising to 9712 feet, some 5000+ feet above the valley floor.  I went on a late Sunday hike, starting at 4p, getting back home about midnight. 

The wild flowers were varied and abundant:

Approaching Ben Lomond from the northwest:

Looking south from the top toward Ogden:

Golden eagle riding the air currents below the summit, with North Ogden neighorhood in the background:

One of many Rocky Mountain Goats who were cautiously observant of the intruder with the camera:

It was a hazy day, probably from wildfires somewhere in the West.  But still you could see to Nevada.  Promontory Mountains, then Desert Peak from the Newfoundland Mountains, and Pilot Peak, NV in the distance, over 120 miles away.

Nightime falling on Ogden - gonna be a dark hike back down the mountain!

Lights of Salt Lake appearing in the distance, looking south:

Sunset, over the Raft River mountains to the north west, with the Promontory mountains in the foreground.