We love hiking! We hike often all throughout the year, and have found so many great trails! There is just something special about being together as a family exploring the outdoors, and then arriving at a beautiful destination. It is a wonderful adventure for our family.
Utah has so many hikes. Thousands of different trails. We share all of the hikes that we have hiked as family, and give all the details here that you’ll need as you head out on the trail. How long, how hard, fees required, and more.
On a Friday after school in January, we decided to hike the American Fork Canyon Nature Trail. It's only a half-mile roundtrip, and since it was getting toward 4 o'clock, we needed to keep it short (see our Tips for Winter Hiking). This is also our fourth hike in our 52 Hike…
We had several people tell us about the 52 Hike Challenge. We've never counted our hikes before, but I don't think we generally get to 52 in a year, especially since we don't really hike in the winter. But we decided we were up for the challenge. We wanted to list…
We are doing the 52 Hike Challenge this year, and we chose one of our favorite short hikes for the middle of January. Lisa Falls Hike in Little Cottonwood Canyon has one of the most unique waterfalls in Utah, and we love it because you can get right up next to…
As part of our 52 Hike Challenge for 2017, we decided to try a brand new hike. The Little Cottonwood Trail runs up (or down) most of Little Cottonwood Canyon. We picked a short segment and walked it in the middle of January. The snow and the trees were a beautiful…
We wanted to get an early start on our 52 Hike Challenge, but we'd never done a winter hike before. We weren't at all sure how the boys would do in the snow and cold, so we decided to keep it simple and make our first hike a short, familiar one. Bridal…
Scout Falls is a nice little waterfall on the Timpooneke Trail to the summit of Mount Timpanogos. We didn't venture all the way to the summit, but chose to make Scout Falls our final destination. The roundtrip distance to Scout Falls is around 3 miles depending on how you plan to…