I took a spur trail off of trail 400 that lead me to the junction to the Tanner Butte trail head.  Since fire road access was blocked, the spur provided a quicker albeit steeper solution to get to the mail trail head.  After climbing to FR777, I took a left instead of following the road.  I ended up heading for Eagle Creek and decided that this was the wrong way to go with such a short weekend.

As FR777 topped out, I got some magnificent views of Table Mountain.  Since Table was 3500 feet and there seemed to be lots of snow on it's shoulders, I figured I was in for a rough trip and this newbie was in for a lot of route finding.

I took the junction to maintain my position on FR777 and while trying to remember how far up Tanner Butte trail head was, I stumbled upon what I thought was the right trail head.

The trail head was right off of Forest Road 777 so I assumed it was the right one.  I started to climb the trail when it suddenly got incredibly steep.

So steep in fact that I had to stop numerous times to rest.  The trails switchbacks provided only minor relief as the average grade was somewhere at 30 degrees.

I topped out on the trail only to discover I took a power line access trail.  There were some great views and I did manage to make out the real trail just across the gully to the west.  From the north, I could see the Bonneville Dam complex.  I had enough exploration for one day and decided that I had better get home and enjoy a hot meal with Heather.  At least I know what is on the exploration menu for next weekend.

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