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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City Greg Witt

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City By Greg Witt

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City by Greg Witt


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This guide to 60 of the best hikes near Salt Lake City leads you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings.

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City Summary

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City: Including Ogden, Provo, and the Uintas by Greg Witt

It's Time to Take a Hike in Salt Lake City, Utah!

The best way to experience Salt Lake City is by hiking it! Get outdoors with local author Greg Witt, with the full-color edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City. A perfect blend of popular trails and hidden gems, the selected trails transport you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings that renew your spirit and recharge your body.

Explore the deep caverns of Timpanogos Cave National Monument and the gargantuan peaks of the High Uintas Wilderness. Relive the experiences of Utah's early settlers on the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and surround yourself with the brilliant wildflowers of Little Cottonwood Canyon and the big game at Big Cottonwood Canyon. You'll learn about the area and experience nature through 60 of the city's best hikes!

Each hike description features key at-a-glance information on distance, difficulty, scenery, traffic, hiking time, and more, so you can quickly and easily learn about each trail. Detailed directions, GPS-based trail maps, and elevation profiles help to ensure that you know where you are and where you're going. Tips on nearby activities further enhance your enjoyment of every outing. Whether you're a local looking for new places to explore or a visitor to the area, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City provides plenty of options for a couple hours or a full day of adventure, all within about an hour from Salt Lake City and the surrounding communities.

About Greg Witt

Greg Witt has lived the adventures he writes about and shares with audiences around the world. His journeys have taken him to every corner of the globe. He has guided mountaineering expeditions in the Alps and Andes and paddled wild rivers in the Americas. He has dropped teams of adventurers into golden slot canyons; trudged through deep jungles in Africa, Central America, and Asia; and guided archaeological expeditions across the parched Arabian Peninsula.

After earning degrees from the University of California and Brigham Young University, Greg had an early career in human-resources management. Preferring high adventure to the high-rise, he traded his wingtips for hiking boots decades ago and has never looked back.

Some weeks Greg hikes more miles than he drives, which means he wears out his boots faster than he wears out his tires. He has crossed the Grand Canyon on foot more than a dozen times and climbed Colorado's three highest peaks in three days. Each summer in the Swiss Alps, he hikes more than 700 miles and gains nearly 100,000 vertical feet of elevation as he guides guests of Alpenwild (alpenwild.com), a company he owns and operates.

Greg loves leading readers on the most breathtaking hikes and exciting outdoor adventures on the globe. He comes ready to discuss the geology, history, archaeology, weather patterns, culture, flora, and fauna of the exciting locales he loves. His other books include Exploring Havasupai (Menasha Ridge Press), Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel (Rough Guides), and 50 Best Short Hikes: Utah's National Parks (Wilderness Press).

Greg's research and exploration continue to uncover adventures just waiting to be experienced. If you join him, you'll be guaranteed a phenomenal journey.

Table of Contents

Overview Map

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

60 Hikes by Category

Introduction

NORTH (Weber County)

  • Ben Lomond
  • Ogden River Parkway
  • Mount Ogden (via Snowbasin Gondola)
  • Malans Peak (via Taylor Canyon)
  • Waterfall Canyon

NORTH (Davis County)

  • Adams Canyon
  • Farmington Creek Trail
  • Frary Peak
  • Kenney Creek Trail

CENTRAL (Salt Lake County)

  • Mormon Pioneer Trail
  • City Creek Canyon
  • Red Butte Garden
  • The Living Room (with Red Butte Extension)
  • Jack's Mountain
  • Lambs Canyon
  • Mount Aire
  • Grandeur Peak (via the Western Ridge)
  • Pipeline Overlook (via Rattlesnake Gulch)
  • Grandeur Peak (via Mill Creek Canyon)
  • Desolation Trail to Salt Lake Overlook
  • Gobblers Knob (via Alexander Basin)
  • Mill Creek to Park City Overlook (Including Murdock Peak)
  • Neffs Canyon
  • Mount Olympus
  • Dog Lake
  • Desolation Lake
  • Mount Raymond (via Butler Fork)
  • Broads Fork
  • Doughnut Falls
  • Lake Blanche
  • Willow Heights
  • Jordan River Parkway
  • Great Western Trail (Guardsman Pass to Clayton Peak)
  • Lake Solitude (via the Silver Lake Interpretive Trail)
  • Brighton Lakes
  • Sunset Peak
  • Cecret Lake
  • White Pine Lake
  • Pfeifferhorn (via Red Pine Lake)
  • American Fork Twin Peaks
  • Bells Canyon
  • Lone Peak (via Jacobs Ladder)

SOUTH (Utah County)

  • Silver Lake
  • Box Elder Peak
  • Timpanogos Cave National Monument
  • Mount Timpanogos (via the Timpooneke Trail)
  • Emerald Lake and Mount Timpanogos (via Aspen Grove)
  • Stewart Falls
  • Battle Creek Falls
  • Provo River Parkway
  • Big Springs Hollow
  • Buffalo Peak
  • Squaw Peak
  • Y Mountain

WEST (Tooele County)

  • Stansbury Island
  • Deseret Peak

EAST (Summit County and Uintas Mountains)

  • Naturalist Basin
  • Lofty Lake Loop
  • Fehr Lake Trail
  • Bald Mountain

Appendix A: Outdoors Shops

Appendix B: Places to Buy Maps

Appendix C: Hiking Clubs

Appendix D: Glossary of Hiking Terms

Index

About the Author

Map Legend

Additional information

NLS9781634041324
9781634041324
1634041321
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City: Including Ogden, Provo, and the Uintas by Greg Witt
New
Paperback
Menasha Ridge Press Inc.
2019-06-27
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