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    Donut Falls Report

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    This document summarizes a hike to Donut Falls located in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. It describes the trail leading to the falls, made of dirt and metamorphic rock that turns into a river bed with rocks of varying sizes. At the falls, the source of the water is seen coming from the side of the mountain, having created a hole over time. Most of the gravel-sized rocks are found inside and around the opening of a cave under the falls, indicating the water eroded that area with more force over a long period. The water flowing from this area is used for drinking water in Salt Lake City, and visitors are asked not to contaminate the protected watershed.

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    This document summarizes a hike to Donut Falls located in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. It describes the trail leading to the falls, made of dirt and metamorphic rock that turns into a river bed with rocks of varying sizes. At the falls, the source of the water is seen coming from the side of the mountain, having created a hole over time. Most of the gravel-sized rocks are found inside and around the opening of a cave under the falls, indicating the water eroded that area with more force over a long period. The water flowing from this area is used for drinking water in Salt Lake City, and visitors are asked not to contaminate the protected watershed.

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    This document summarizes a hike to Donut Falls located in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. It describes the trail leading to the falls, made of dirt and metamorphic rock that turns into a river bed with rocks of varying sizes. At the falls, the source of the water is seen coming from the side of the mountain, having created a hole over time. Most of the gravel-sized rocks are found inside and around the opening of a cave under the falls, indicating the water eroded that area with more force over a long period. The water flowing from this area is used for drinking water in Salt Lake City, and visitors are asked not to contaminate the protected watershed.

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    Donut Falls Report

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    This document summarizes a hike to Donut Falls located in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. It describes the trail leading to the falls, made of dirt and metamorphic rock that turns into a river bed with rocks of varying sizes. At the falls, the source of the water is seen coming from the side of the mountain, having created a hole over time. Most of the gravel-sized rocks are found inside and around the opening of a cave under the falls, indicating the water eroded that area with more force over a long period. The water flowing from this area is used for drinking water in Salt Lake City, and visitors are asked not to contaminate the protected watershed.

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    Donut Falls

    Henry Lopez

    10/06/2014

    Donut Falls is located in the beautiful Big Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah.
    It is a fairly easy hike that anyone can do. However it is a little confusing as to where to go in
    one part but as long as you stay left you are fine. When
    you start to reach the falls, the dirt and metamorphic rock
    that made up the trail turns into a river bed. There are
    rocks of many different sizes that make up the river bed
    ranging from rocks the size of gravel all the way to pieces
    that are the size of a large truck tire. It was easy to see
    how high the water levels had gotten through that are over
    the past due to the erosion on the sides of the canyon.
    There were also trees that were in the water that could
    mean that the water level had past that height at one point and unearthed the tree. These
    metamorphic rocks are also jagged and large which indicates that water flow wasnt as prevalent
    there as it was in other places along the riverbed. Even though these parts of the river had plenty
    of room between each rock for water to flow through, a lot of water was being lost to the ground.
    This also meant that the vegetation that was surrounding the river was able to have more water.
    At the falls themselves, I was able to see
    the source of the water coming from the side of
    the mountain. Over time that water coming
    down has created a hole in the side that slipped
    into that position. We can tell it slipped or fell
    because its a well-defined cut. This hole got
    bigger as more time and water passed through it.

    St one point it looks like water was being kept in the side and not going into the river that it
    created a cave right under the falls.
    Most of the rock that was the gravel sized ones was found inside and around the cave
    opening. This indicated that the water had been has
    just eroded that part for a long period and with
    more force than the rest. We also know that more
    water flows through this area because the gravel
    was smooth and round. Due to the rock sizes being
    smaller, they could fill in smaller areas and leave
    less room for water to flow through. This meant
    that the water would pool in that area and the little vegetation around there didnt get enough
    water.
    The water that does flow out of this area is used in our drinking water here in Salt Lake
    City. That means that humans are not supposed to be walking, bathing or defecating in the water
    near donut falls. The water is actually protected in this area and is marked with signs. Everyone
    must do their best effort to stay out of the water. This process is known as watershed.
    Donut falls was a very wonderful hike. The
    metamorphic rocks that were all around made it very difficult
    to differentiate between any different rock types but it was still
    a great view. There are many different types of trees and great
    trails too. The land is made of a lower bed of blue limestone,
    50 to 100 ft. of black shale, and another 200 ft. of limestone

    Sources
    Granger, A.E., Sharp, B.J., Crittenden, M.D., Jr., and Calkins, F.C. Geology of the Wasatch Mountains east
    of Salt Lake City. http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_66666.htm. Utah Geological
    Society. 11/26/14.

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