November 17, 2024 Bear Canyon Suspension Bridge

 Suspension Bridge Loop

hikers:  Mark and Lecia

length: 2.3 miles

elevation gain: 439

This is the first time this year that we have hiked up to the suspension bridge. 

We started hiking up the trail from the Orson Smith Park.

Then we hiked along the aquaduct trail, which was a flat trail more like a road.

Look up the mountain side and that's where we are going.

The trail takes you past some houses.  You have a view of the valley and also of some backyards.

  Then we went up Ralph's trail to the bridge.  Ralph's trail is a steep trail.  

There's the bridge.

There's the view looking down from the center of the bridge.  You feel the vibrations when others are on it, especially bikes.  It sways in the wind.  

This is near the bridge.  I really do appreciate the people that donated, time, money, their skills, and heart so that we have this bridge and trail.  

You can go up further to the old bridge, which is a small bridge and a nice addition to the hike, but this time we did not do that.  After crossing the bridge we came down the trail on the other side and completed the loop.

The bridge is part of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and you follow it a ways before turning to complete the loop back to the Orson Smith Park.

This is a pretty portion of the trail and the views of the valley and the setting sun are beautiful.