Backpacker Magazine: Salt Lake City: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Salt Lake City: Bonneville Nunns Trail

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Run, bike, or hike 10.4 miles out and back along a 14,000-year-old lake shoreline to fresh air and broad vistas in Provo Canyon.

Salt Lake City: Mount Olympus

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Not for the weak-hearted, this 6.8-miler gains 4,200 feet up wooded hills, through a weathered canyon, and onto the flanks of Mt. Olympus where views are beyond spectacular.

Capitol Reef National Park: Steep Creek Canyon

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Go from lush mountains to high desert via a red rock canyon on this 16.3-mile, mostly off-trail trek into Grand Staircase-Escalante. Go in spring or fall; pack extra water.

Salt Lake City: Mineral Fork Trail

BACKPACKER Review
Get high in a hurry on this 9.8-mile out-and-back that gains 3,500 feet and takes in eagle-eye vistas of Salt Lake and the Wasatch Range.

Salt Lake City, UT: Mount Timpanogos via Aspen Grove

BACKPACKER Review
Peakbaggers love this 13.9-mile lollipop-loop which climbs past mountain lakes and rugged cirques to the second highest peak in the Wasatch.

Salt Lake City: Deseret Peak Loop

BACKPACKER Review
You'll climb a stiff 3,600 feet on this 7.8-mile loop, but gain extraordinary views of the high desert, Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake.

Salt Lake City: Lake Blanche Trail

This steep 6.2-mile out-and-back leads to one of the most celebrated alpine scenes--Lake Blanche under the spires of Sundial Peak--in the Wasatch Range.

Salt Lake City: Mount Olympus

Not for the weak-hearted, this 6.8-miler gains 4,200 feet up wooded hills, through a weathered canyon, and onto the flanks of Mt. Olympus where views are beyond spectacular.

Wendover, UT: Bonneville Salt Flats

Tired of climbing? This ride is so flat you could break a land speed record. All you need is a tailwind...and maybe a motor.

Ogden, UT: Ben Lomond Peak via North Skyline Trail

Climbing nearly 4,000 feet to a Wasatch summit overlooking Ogden, this 16-mile out-and-back challenges with multiple switchbacks and a mix of steady and steep exposed terrain.

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