Buffalo Peak Memorial Day Hike

I heard about a hike up Squaw Peak called Buffalo Peak.  They said it was kid friendly and easy-moderately difficult.  We took the 4-mile round-trip option (there was also 1 and 2-mile round trip options).  There was a front and a back trail for the first part, so we took the front trail on the way there, and the back trail coming back.  It was a fun hike!  I think if we do it again we will just do the 2-mile round trip hike because the trail is pretty rugged and steep in places.  It was also really narrow until we got to where it met up with the 2-mile trail, but it was so pretty!  We got there before 9 am and there was nobody else there, however we ran into a very large group of campers at the merge with the 2-mile trail and from then on we had other people around us the whole way.  It is the first summit hike I have completed in Utah.  Jared did amazingly well!  He barely complained at all and kept up all 4+ miles!

There were sunflowers everywhere at the first part of the trail.

Jared is a trooper!

Buffalo Peak is the small mountain on the right of the picture.

Sasha did wonderful, even when we met other dogs!  We didn't need a leash or remote collar!

Nicole's ride.

At the top

At the top.

At the top.

We had fruit snacks at the top.

Heading back down.

Back at the parking lot.  Nicole had fallen asleep by this point.

The "front" trail on the way out had us walking along the side of the mountain the whole way so we got to see most of Utah Valley.  I took this photo using the panorama mode on my camera, but it doesn't combine the photos itself, so I had Photoshop automatically create panorama.  If you look in the middle about 1/4 of the way from the right you can see our car.