New trails are being built in Utah all the time, but it’s rare to see a newly-completed section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail… until now. The long awaited Thousand Oaks section of the BST was finished in late summer and is open to the public. This new bit of trail is a 2.6-mile section that adds…
Category: Hiking
Merrell Proterra Sport hiking shoes review
They say less is more, especially these days as minimalist footwear is all the rage. I’ve also fallen under the barefoot spell from both a trail running and hiking standpoint, but overall found that minimalist or no, it all depends on your preference and situation. The key is finding balance, and I think I found…
Superior hiking in Little Cottonwood Canyon
For me, no other roadside attraction in Utah provides the aesthetic allure of Mt. Superior. Its enormous concave face lets the imagination run wild, and even in the fall, with not (just yet) a speck of snow on the ground, it’s easy to mind-rip big turns all over its intricate structure and terrain diversity. The…
Hike the Frying Pan to Grand Wash Trail in Capitol Reef National Park
Believe it or not, summer is slowly fading into the rearview, and now is the ideal time of year to make some tracks in the desert. Capitol Reef National Park is a great choice for early fall hiking, as the park’s higher elevations mean sure-fire cool temperatures. I’ve sung the praises of Capitol Reef numerous…
Hiking Bald Mountain in the High Uintas
Breaking free from my comfort zone of Little Cottonwood Canyon can be taxing. LCC holds the people, peaks, and accessibility that leave me with a “why leave?” mentality. Change is a good thing I tell myself from time to time, and with the mighty Uinta Range so close (yet so far), I felt the urge…
A loopy journey on Mount Timpanogos
At around 10 p.m. I received an invite from my friend Adam Fabrikant for a run the next morning on Mount Timpanogos. Adam is a fierce mountain goat, and while he may hesitate to use those words exactly, he shows no limit to his energy stores. Therefore, I dabbled with some second guessing after I agreed…
Hiking the timeless Mount Olympus and not quite getting lost
Olympus stands apart from the Wasatch front peaks by its light-brown craggy summit, diagonal striations below on the upper mountain, and its large stature. It looms over the southeast corner of 215, and is visible from about the entire valley. The butting up of the flat valley to the instant-steep base of Olympus demonstrates the…
Cecret Lake – the everyone trail
The pinnacle of unextreme hiking takes place in the heart of Alta, and I quite enjoyed it. You don’t have to sacrifice any of your grizzled nature to enjoy such an outing. It doesn’t put an asterisk on your trans-Wasatch, Tri Canyon ski-running feats to admit to a relaxed stroll in the woods. We have,…
Climbing Tokewanna Peak
There are nineteen “13’ers” in Utah, and every one of these beasts can be found somewhere in the Uinta Mountain Range. One of the things that make Utah’s 13,000′ mountains unique is their distance from roads. Climbing these summits often means a multi-day backpacking trip, or at least a 15+ mile single day epic hike….
Hiking to Alexander Basin
Alexander Basin, located in Mill Creek Canyon, is a beautiful hike to glacier-carved bowls on the north side of Gobbler’s Knob, but has a notorious reputation of being very steep. But steep doesn’t mean long, so if you’re in the mood for a leg workout, but don’t have a lot of time to hike, then…