Ke alanui Pākuhi: Bell Canyon, Sandy, Utah

ʻO Bell Canyon, ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo Bell's Canyon, aʻo Bells Canyon paha, he kahakai i kālaiʻia i ka'ākau e pili kokoke ana i ka Little Canyon Canyon. Loaʻa iā ia mai nā alaheleʻokoʻaʻelua e kokoke ana i ka komoʻana o ke kuhiʻo Little Cottonwood. Hiki i ke kōkuhi ke hāʻawi aku i nā koho i nā mea holomua, meʻelua mau ala pōkole, hiki keʻalo i kahi Lower Reservoir Canyon, a me nā hikes nui loa i kahi pūnāwai a me ke kiʻekiʻeʻo Canyon.

He kūpono ke kūʻana o ke kai kūʻono i Lower Bell ma mua o nā mea hoʻomaka a me nā keiki,ʻo ka wailele haʻahaʻa he wāwae koʻikoʻi nui ia, a he lā koʻikoʻi nui ke kahakai luna.

Aia ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo Little Cottonwoodʻo Granite trailhead ma ka hikina hikina o Wasatch Boulevard kahi kokoke i 9800 S. a me 3400 E. He papahana hoʻolimalima hale a me kahi kaʻa e pili ana i kēia alahele. Aia ke alahele o nā Pōhaku ma 10245 S. Wasatch Boulevard; He kaʻa kaʻa akāʻaʻohe keʻena. Mai ke kuapoʻo Granite a hiki i ke kai, he .7 mile, me kahi piʻi pololei o 560 kapuaʻi. Mai nā pōhaku o Pōhaku a hiki i ke kai, he .5 mile ka piʻiʻana o 578 kapuaʻi.

ʻO ka holoʻana i ke kai haʻahaʻa he maʻalahi hiki ke piʻi ma waena o nāʻolo a me nā lāʻauʻolo, aʻo kahi ala maʻalahi'ē aʻe e holo ana i ke kai, ma o nā ulu lāʻau a ma kahi alakeʻa liʻiliʻi ma luna o ke kahawai. ʻO ka'āpana lāʻau o ke alahele he lau anuanu a hoʻomahaʻana i ka wā wela.

Ma ke kai, eʻike pinepineʻoe i kahi mau kīleʻa, a he wahi maikaʻi loa no nā keiki e pīpī a hoʻolei i nā pōhaku i ka wai. Hoʻomaʻaʻia ka lawaiʻa me kaʻahu lawaiʻa, akāʻo kaʻauʻau a me nā meaʻaiʻole he like ia o ka wai inu.

ʻO ke ala e hele ai i ke kahawai mua e hoʻomaka i ke alanui hana ma ke kūkulu'ākau o ke kai.

Ma kahi .1 mile ke ala i ke ala, kahi kuhikuhi i ke ala pololei. ʻO ke ala ma muli o Bell Canyon Creek, me kahi ala maikaʻi ma waena o nā mahinaʻai e alakaʻi aku ai i kahi alapiʻi pali. ʻO kahi mamaoʻoi aku o kahi 1,7 mile mai ke alahele e alakaʻi ai i ka wailele ma ka hema. ʻO ke ala e hele ai i ka wailele e pono ai ke ihoʻana i kahi alapiʻi me ka lepo lepoʻole, akāʻo ka nani maikaʻi ka uku maikaʻi no kāu mau huakaʻi holo.

Ma hope o ka waipuna mua, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻihoʻi i ke ala āu i hele mai ai, aiʻole e hoʻomau i ka lua o ka wailele a me ke kai kiʻekiʻe. Hiki ke ala hele ma waho o kahi 1.9 mile mai ka pilina iho, akāʻo ka heluna e kuhikuhi i ke ala i ka huina luna a me ke kai kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ke kai luna he 3,7 mile a me 3800 mau kapuaʻi kūwae ma luna o ke kahawai lalo.

Eʻike i ka mana nui o ke kahawai a me ka wailele i ka manawa o ka hoʻokele manawa. He palupalu paha ka wai, akā, maʻamau ke anu anuanu a hiki ke hiki wawe i nā kānaka i lalo a paʻa i lalo o kēia wā. Kūleʻa nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma nā muliwai a me nā muliwaiʻo Iuda i ka wā o ka hoʻohuʻuʻana o ka wai. Hiki ke hōʻaloʻia kēia mau pōʻino ma ka noho mālieʻana i ka wai, aʻaʻole hele ma kahi kahawai i nā manawa o ke kiʻekiʻe.