Guides
Climb to the top of this 11,000 foot Wasatch Peak which rises above Salt Lake City with a massive glacial cirque.
This is a fairly strenuous climb to the top of one of the tallest peaks of the Wasatch Range. Reaching the cliff-lined summit will require some scrambling up steep slopes and over boulders. Follow the track in this guide closely to find your way up a variation to the top that takes you up a steep coulouir. Bring a camera as you will have specatacular...
A wonderful family hike to beautiful alpine lake in the Little Cottonwood Canyons Albion Basin
This is a very short 1 mile hike to a beautiful alpine lake in the Albion Basin region near Alta and Snowbird Ski Resorts. This area is very popular on summer weekends so parking may be difficult. Take the time to relax at the lake and take lots of photos of your family with the mountains as a backdrop.
Trips
Lone Peak is the "notched" peak at the top of the huge mountain on the south side of the road as your traveling up Little Cottonwood canyon. The peak is visible from most of the Salt Lake and Utah County areas. All approaches to the peak are long with substantial elevation gain. My son (Tyler) and I decided a couple weeks previous that we were going to do the hike. A friend...
From Alpine Grove to Timpooneke Campground via Emerald Lakes, Timpanogos saddle.HIGHLIGHTS: Fall colors of beech and aspen forests, Emerald Lakes, Mt. Timpanogos peak, saddle and glacier, amazing vistas of Twin Peaks, Mt. Baldy and High Uintas region, Provo and Utah Lake as never seen before, cleverly created hiking trails
Day Hike to Lake Blanche, Lake Lillian, & Lake Florence
Canyon Enterprises, Utah, United States
Hiking | 7.1 miles (18.0 miles away)
Hiking | 7.1 miles (18.0 miles away)
I wanted to go on a couple of backpack trips again this summer so I need to start getting in better shape. I thought I picked a fairly easy hike, but this hike was much harder then I anticipated. It was uphill the entire way.I went with Jeff Wood (friend) and Ben Pehrson (brother). From the beginning my back was out of place (which rarely happens to me) luckily Ben carried my small pack...
Doughnut falls is an easy hike for both old and young. I took my entire extended family including young kids, 2 pregnant ladies (one was my wife). My 2 year old son walked the hike by himself. Needless to say this is a fairly short hike. You can easily be up and back within 1.5 hours. The hike gains very little elevation. Right before you reach the falls there is a couple of rocks...
Overview:This short, family-friendly hike leads to a waterfall up Rocky Mouth
Canyon. The trail is well-maintained and, despite being steep in places,
is very easy.Story:We (Jeremy, Tara, Savannah, Shaun, Melissa, Jacob, Kylie, and Kate)
hiked the Rocky Mouth trail to the waterfall on 7/2/2011. The trailhead
is located at 11300 S. Wasatch Blvd.
The trail...
Lone Peak, UT (Jacob's Ladder / Bear Canyon)
Sandy, Utah, United States
Hiking | 14.2 miles (7.3 miles away)
Hiking | 14.2 miles (7.3 miles away)
I hiked Lone Peak with my 9 year old son and a good friend. We ascended following the Jacob's Ladder trail. While we had read that there was limited/no water July on, we found ample water at the junction (which cuts across to Outlaw Cabin) as well as further up the trail. At about 10k feet, we were heading off the trail to allow my 9 year old to use the "facilities"...
Short hike to nature's perfect waterslide!
I decided to get one more good hike in before winter, and I chose Dry Creek Canyon because I have never been there before, and I have always wanted to explore this corner of the Wasatch. I arrived at the trail head around 8:30 and was plesantly surprised to find only one vehicle.
The trail is an old service road that was once used to maintain a pipeline that brought water to a...
Our family held a family reunion in Park City in 2007. I thought that while I was in Utah I would attempt a peak. Lone Peak turned out to be a fairly tough hike. I started around 5AM, solo, and made it to a false summit at around noon. Unfortunately, I only had my GPS track (no map, mistake), and I climbed myself into a dead end. ...
I thought that I would be taking a nice leisurely hike up to Stewart Falls from the Sundance resort. What transpired was a nearly three hour long journey which had me walking along the road for a good part of the time. This was partially my fault, as I just set off in a direction, hoping to hook up with the trail. But the map from the sports shop at...
We finally got around to checking out Timpanogos Cave. A pretty tough walk up to the cave then a fun trip through 3 caves. Would have loved to do the tour of the cave again - perhaps next year combined with the picnic lunch 1/4 mile away and then a stop at the water park.
Lake Blanche - Sundial Peak
Canyon Enterprises, Utah, United States
Hiking | 8.1 miles (18.0 miles away)
Hiking | 8.1 miles (18.0 miles away)
Climb per mile: 900ftAscent Rating: 3.6Distance Rating: 2.4Overall Rating: 7.0Lake Blanche is another one I hadn't done before, so when a friend of mine suggested we hike up and camp overnight, I took him up on it right away. It was a hard hike, especially with 60 lbs of gear on my back. But it wasn't unbearable by any means. It gets steeper toward the very top when you get to the switchbacks,...
Red Pine Lake - Including Lower and Upper Lakes
Turramurra Lodge Condominiums, Utah, United States
Hiking | 8.7 miles (15.5 miles away)
Hiking | 8.7 miles (15.5 miles away)
Trip stats, data, and additional information can be found below this summaryThe trip to Red Pine Lake can easily be enjoyed as a day hike, and is definitely one of the top places to visit each summer. I've done it before, but it had been about 9 years and I didn't have the time or energy during that trip to hike up to the upper lakes.. which is a very rewarding experience.So...
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah, United States
Hiking | 1.7 miles (8.5 miles away)
Hiking | 1.7 miles (8.5 miles away)
For pictures and description of this trail, see http://www.dyeclan.com/outdooractivities/caving/timpanogoscave/.
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8.5 mi. (4.2 mi. to summit). 8 hrs. Hiked to squaw peak from rock canyon park. Then hiked around trying to find a
way to get up to squaw peak parking lot (pretty far away- another mountain, pretty much). Wasn't able
to do it so went straight down once it started to get dark. Search and
rescue (the sheriff) was little help even after I sent him my gps
coordinates. Just slowed us down.
While on the...
Awesome lake up American Fork Canyon. We had some younger kids with us so the hike up with longer than expected.
