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Spanish Fork City
The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition Reaches Utah Valley. In 1776, a pair of Spanish Franciscan friars set out to find an overland route from New Mexico to California. Their hope was to find a safe path between the difference Catholic missions in the southwestern United States.
Opened as a trade route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles, the Spanish Trail became a major link connecting New Mexico and southern California from 1829 to 1848. It consisted of a 1,120-mile northward-looping course traversing six states--New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Located just south-east of the city of Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon is home to a smattering of minor ice climbs and widely-scattered rock climbs on sandstone and conglomerate. Most of the ice routes in this canyon are short. The ice here tends to come and go throughout the season.
Map of the Spanish Fork Canyon area. My first stop is the Thistle Landslide. With record-breaking precipitation in the fall of 1982, followed by a deep winter snow pack, then warm spring temperatures and rapid snowmelt in 1983 set the stage for the Thistle landslide.
Canyon View Park. Address: 3300 East Powerhouse Road. Hours: Dawn to Dusk (10 PM with a Pavilion Reservation April 1 thru September 30) Pavilion: Yes (3 Each Seats 100 Lighted Charcoal BBQ Gazebo) Restroom: Yes 2 (One Accessible) Parking: Yes (155 Stalls) Pond-25 North Side-29 Pavilion 1,2-60 Pavilion 3-41 Picnic Table: Yes (10 at Each Pavilion ...
Spanish Fork Canyon mountain bike trail map. 41 trails on an interactive map of the trail network.
