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Distance: 8-8.5 miles RT Time: 4-5 hours Start: 11 miles from Highway 24 or 2 miles before Goblin Valley State Park fee station. Difficulty: Moderate to Strenuous due to length and obstacles (but manageable even with young children - Age 8+) Elevation Gain: 1000-1900 This is an amazingly fun hike where you can climb through... Continue Reading →
Distance: 1.5 miles RT Time: 1-2 hours Start: A few miles up Big Cottonwood canyon Difficulty: Easy at the beginning, but Moderate to the waterfall Elevation Gain: 977 This is a hike you can do over a lunch hour, but if you want to hike to the waterfall or beyond you will need some good... Continue Reading →
Distance: 1.5 miles RT Time: 2 hours Start: Half way up the canyon towards Maple Canyon Campground - North side of road Difficulty: Easy at the beginning, but Moderate to the waterfall, difficult to climb the waterfall Elevation Gain: 356 Box canyon is private property so please respect the area so it can remain accessible.... Continue Reading →
Distance: 3.6 miles RT Time: 2.5 hours Start: Maple Canyon Campground ($3 day use fee per vehicle) Difficulty: Moderate Elevation Gain: 1329 Maple Canyon is a world famous rock climbing area. It is unique for two reasons, the first being the rock type of conglomerate which is like concrete made out of medium size rocks... Continue Reading →
Distance: 2.2 miles RT (includes loop around lake) Time: 1 hour Start: 11.6 miles up the canyon (about 19 min from the mouth of the canyon) Difficulty: Family friendly Elevation Gain: 656 ft (mostly in the first .5 mile) This was a great quick hike. I love to find short hikes that can be done in... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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