4-Day Overnight Camping: Thousand Lake & Boulder Mountain (ride with Zoo)

Join Hogle Zoo, DWR, and USFS on a 4-day, 3-night camping trip to both Thousand Lake Mountain and Boulder Mountain.

Transportation: Depart from Utah's Hogle Zoo. Ride in Zoo vehicle. Leave your car in our secure employee lot. Meet at the Zoo at 7:30am. Drive is around 4 hrs from the Zoo.

How to get to : As you head east on Sunnyside Avenue, the main entrance to the Zoo will be on your right. Take your first right immediately after the Zoo onto Crestview Drive and then, again, your first right onto Wasatch Drive. The gate to our staff lot will be on your right just after the bamboo covering ends on the chain link fence. Zoo staff will let you in.

Difficulty: Up to 4/10, variable hiking conditions. There are no long or exremely challenging hikes but all hikes are off-trail through sometimes dense vegetation. Most survey sites are close to the road. Surveys involve significant time on your feet, walking on uneven forest terrain. We will complete several survey sites per day. Lunch and rest breaks in scenic places! There is one road we must take that is very windy, bumpy, and long. You may want anti-nausea Medic*tion/ginger candy if you get car sick easily.

What to pack/wear:

• Please bring a packed lunch for the first day (i.e. sandwich/Tupperware meal that will easily fit in your backpack and can eat mid-day when we take a break during survey)
• Comfortable hiking and camp clothes you don't mind getting wet/dirty. Rain jacket (rain pants if you have them), extra socks (keep 1-2 pairs in your daypack everyday), warm layers for night that you can shed during the way, and sun protection (hat, glasses). Light weight hiking pants/work pants recommended instead of shorts. We will be walking, crouching, & squatting in dense vegetation (willows). Some prefer to wear light weight long sleeves to protect them from getting scratched. Plan for cold nights and warm days.
• Close-toed hiking shoes/boots you don't mind getting wet/dirty.
• Water/rain boots or waders are recommended but not required (your feet are likely to get wet).
• A backpack big enough to hold 1-2 (32oz) water bottles, lunch, snacks, extra clothing layers.
• Tent (with rain fly and stakes), warm sleeping bag, sleeping pad, headlamp (fresh batteries)
• Any other camp comforts you prefer (games, books, pillow, ear plugs, eye mask, etc.)
• Review THIS general packing list for other suggestions.

The Zoo will provide:

• All cooked meals and snacks (mostly vegetarian) and associated cookware

• Bathroom supplies (no facilities so we will have: shovel, toilet paper, waste bags)

• Reach out if you are missing some camp supplies; we may have extra.

Click HERE for the weather on Thousand Lake and HERE for Boulder. Please check the weather prior and dress/pack acccordinly.

Click THIS LINK for a refresher on training.

Map of Zoo parking. Zoo staff will let you in.

Info: You will be notified promptly for any major changes

Info: Park in the secure employee parking lot on the south side of the zoo along S Wasatch Dr. To get here, head East on Sunnyside Avenue, the main entrance to the Zoo will be on your right. Take your first right immediately after the Zoo onto Crestview Drive and then, again, your first right onto Wasatch Drive. The gate to our staff lot will be on your right just after the bamboo covering ends on the chain link fence. Zoo staff will let you in.

Info: Drive is about 4.5 hours to Thousand Lake Mtn. Lunch break when we arrive. Prep for surveys.

Info: Start surveys after lunch

Info: Finish surveys, set up camp, dinner, rest

Info: Breakfast will be set up by Zoo from 7am- 7:45am. Please take care of yourself in the morning to have enough time to eat and get ready for the day.

Info: Survey for a few hours, lunch and rest breaks, continue surveys in afternoon.

Info: Back at camp in evening, dinner, rest

Info: Breakfast will be set up by Zoo from 7am- 7:45am. Please take care of yourself in the morning to have enough time to eat and get ready for the day.

Info: Survey for toads in morning, lunch, continue surveys in afternoon.

Info: Back at camp in evening, dinner, rest

Info: Breakfast will be set up by Zoo from 7am- 7:45am. Please take care of yourself in the morning to have enough time to eat and get ready for the day.

Info: Survey for toads in morning

Info: Finish surveys, eat lunch, drive back to Zoo (~4.5 hrs)

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