I-Trail Spotlight: Bell Canyon, Sandy, Utah

I-Bell Canyon, eyaziwayo njengeBell's Canyon okanye iBells Canyon, isetyhula, i-canyon-graved-canyon e kufuphi neCotton Cottonwood Canyon. Ifikeleleke kwiimitha ezimbini ezahlukeneyo kufuphi nomnyango weCottonwood Canyon. I-canyon inikeza inani lokukhetha abantu abahambahambayo, kubandakanywa nemizila emibini, elula ukuya kwi-Lower Bell Canyon Reservoir, kunye nokunyuka kwamaxesha amaninzi ukuya kwiindawo zokungena kwamanzi kunye ne-Upper Bell Canyon Reservoir.

I-Lower Bell Canyon Reservoir ifanelekile kubaqalayo kunye nabantwana, impompo engezantsi yintlambo ehambelana nendawo, kwaye i-reservoir ephezulu iyimfuneko yokunyuka yonke imihla.

Intloko yeGranite ye Bell Bell isendaweni encinane yeCottonwood Road, ngasempumalanga yeWasatch Boulevard malunga ne-9800 S. kunye ne-3400 E. Le ntloko ye-trail ineendawo zangasese kunye nokupaka. I-Boulders ye-trailhead headline i-10245 i-Wasatch Boulevard; Inendawo yokupaka kodwa akukho zangasese. Ukusuka kwinqanaba le-Granite ukuya kwinqanaba .7 iilili, ngokunyuka kwama-560. Ukusuka kwi-Boulders kwinqanaba lokuhamba kwinqanawa ukuya kwi-reservoir .5 mayela ngokunyuka kwama-578 ngeenyawo.

Ukunyuka kwinqanawa elingaphantsi kulula ukunyuka nge-sage kunye ne-oak, kwaye enye indlela elula ihamba ngeenxa zonke elwandle, ngeemithi ezinomthunzi kunye nebhubha elincinci elingaphantsi komlambo. Icandelo lamaplanga lomzila lipholile kwaye lihlaziya kwishushu eshushu.

Kulamanzi, ngokuqhelekileyo uzakufumana amancani ambalwa, kwaye yindawo enhle yokuba abantwana bachane baze baphosa amatye emanzini. Ukuloba nge-bait yokwenziwa kwempahla kuvunyelwe, kodwa ukubhukuda kunye nezilwanyana ezifuywayo akunjalo njengendawo yokuphuza amanzi.

Umzila kumanzi okuqala umonakalo uqala njengendlela yenkonzo engasentla ngasemanzini.

Phantse .1 umgama wendlela, uphawu lweendlela ezifanelekileyo. Umzila ulandela iBell Canyon Creek, ngeendlela ezimnandi ngeendlela ezikhokelela kwisitepthi esinqumlayo se-granite. Ukunyuka kweekhilomitha ezili-1.7 ukusuka kwinqanaba le-trail kuholele emanzini yamanzi ngakwesobunxele. Indlela eya emanzini yamanzi ifuna ukuhla ehla entabeni kunye nomhlaba ongcolileyo, kodwa ukuwa okuhle kukuhle kumvuzo wakho wokuhamba.

Emva kokuqala kwempompo, ungabuyela ngendlela oza ngayo, okanye uqhubeke kwi-waterfall yesibini kunye nomthombo wamanzi. Umzila osemthethweni uhamba malunga ne-1.9 iekhilomitha ukusuka kwinqanaba lomzila, kodwa i-cairns ibonisa indlela eya emanzini aphezulu kunye nequla eliphezulu. I-reservoir engaphezulu i-3.7 iekhilomitha kunye neenyawo ezi-3800 eziphambili ngaphantsi kwendawo yamanzi.

Qaphela ukuba umlambo kunye nempompo zinamandla kakhulu ngexesha lonyaka wokuphelelwa kwemvula. Amanzi anokungabi nzulu, kodwa kubanda kakhulu kwaye uhamba ngokukhawuleza kangangokuthi abantu banokukhawuleza bakhankanywe phantsi kwaye banamathele phantsi kwelikhoyo. Abantu bancenkcesha minyaka yonke emifuleni yase-Utah kunye nemigodi ngexesha lexesha lokunyuka kwentwasahlobo. Iimeko ezibuhlungu zingagwenywa ngokuhlala kucacile kakuhle kwamanzi, kwaye kungabi ukuhamba kufuphi nemilambo ngexesha leemeko eziphezulu.