Distance: 7.5 miles RT Time: 6-7 hours with kids Start: Y Mountain Trail Difficulty: Moderate - Strenuous Elevation Gain: 3110 ft (In the first 3.5 miles) We left a car at the new slate canyon parking area and then drove our other vehicle on to Y mountain trail. We started the hike at 9am so... Continue Reading →
Mill B North Trail
Distance: 4.5 Miles RT Time: 2 hours. Start: 4.5 miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon at the S curve Difficulty: Moderate Elevation Gain: 2061 ft I decided to go for a lunch hike today. I work close to the mouth of the Big Cottonwood Canyon so it is easy to go up the canyon for a quick hike.... Continue Reading →
Whiting Campground Trail
Distance: 3.43 miles RT (to top of campground/end of road) Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Start: Mouth of Mapleton canyon Difficulty: Family friendly Elevation Gain: 641 ft (very gradual accent) Take 400 N. in Mapleton directly to the mouth of Mapleton canyon. There is a gate that blocks the road during winter months. I'm not... Continue Reading →
Ferguson Canyon Trail
Distance: 1.7 Miles RT Time: 1 hour. Start: Timberline Dr Difficulty: Family Friendly - Moderate Elevation Gain: 590 ft I only hike for a little under an hour when it started to rain & hail on me, but there is still plenty to see in this time frame. The trail begins on Timberline Dr (a dead-end street), where there... Continue Reading →
Escalante Cross
Distance: ~ 1.5 miles RT Time: 1 hr Start: Spanish Oaks Campground - 2939 South Spanish Oaks Drive (Above Spanish Oaks Golf Course & just above Spanish Oaks Reservoir). Difficulty: Family friendly Elevation Gain: 249 ft We went on this hike for the first time 5/1/15. We live in Provo, and it was about a 15 minute... Continue Reading →