My first peak in far too long! Escaped the brutal summer heat and humidity of Phoenix for the blessed coolness and elevation of Duck Creek Village, Utah, over the extended Labor Day Weekend. This was my first hiking excursion since Memorial Day weekend, and really my first true vacation from work since I started in mid-May. It was glorious! Sidney Peaks is along the same ridgeline as Brian Head Peak, so the elevation for the hike overall was over 10,000'. It was a beautiful afternoon (we started the hike after 3 PM! Who does that? We're clearly crazy!); we first drove up to Brian Head Peak as Ken hadn't been to the summit, then we came back down to the parking area just below the summit and hopped on the Sidney Peaks Trail. We followed the trail as it wove through scattered patches of woods and glorious high-elevation meadows. The trail does go up the saddle between Sidney Peaks and its slightly-less-high neighbor, so we followed the trail til the saddle, and then turned and made our way up the ridgeline. Nothing to report; stones and some shrubberies, but nothing dangerous or difficult. The views from the summit were spectacular! We came down sidehilling and ended back up on the trail a little lower than where we left it. A beautiful day and a great start to the hiking we did over the weekend. We also had some incredible views of areas up near/east of Parowan we hadn't seen before that we're excited to check out on a future trip - some Cedar Breaks/Bryce-esque hoodoos and formations to the north and west of Sidney Peaks that seem to be in the Dixie National Forest.