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.
The Bountiful B is right behind a neighborhood on the east bench in Bountiful. You can drive very close to the bottom of the B and park at the Bonneville Shoreline Trail parking lot. From there, it is a short walk up to the B. It's a free scramble up to…
One of the things that has intrigued for awhile is hiking some of the school letters here in Utah. Did you know that the University of Utah built the second hillside letter (obviously the U above Salt Lake Valley) in 1907? BYU followed with their Y shortly after. In all, there…
We did some hiking in Logan Canyon last week. We'd heard about an uphill hike to a unique featured called The Wind Cave, so we left the kids at Grandma's and tried the hike on our own. Everyone who has spent time in Logan has told us to try this hike.…
We heard about a really cool cave at Ledgemere Picnic area at the bottom of Big Cottonwood Canyon. We're not serious cavers, but our boys loved Craters of the Moon and Lehman Caves so we decided to give it a try. We didn't know what to expect as we had little information…
I've had my eye on the Living Room Hike on the bench above the Red Butte Gardens for over a year now, but it seemed a little difficult for my kids. This weekend, though, we decided to take the plunge. The hike was a climb the entire way, but our kids…
We did an amazing hike today up Little Cottonwood Canyon called Observation Point Trail (formerly called Barrier Free Trail). We drove up to Snowbird and parked in the parking lot near the Snowbird Center which is behind the lodge. Who knew there are dozens of things to do and hundreds of…