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.
A little piece of Utah history lies at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Here you'll find the Temple Quarry Trail. In our opinion, this is more of a nature walk than a hike. After all, the trail is stroller and wheelchair accessible, and the total distance is only about a…
Our latest waterfall adventure was up Big Cottonwood Canyon. We'd heard of a small waterfall just off the road called Hidden Falls. We paired that short walk with a more difficult hike to another cascade called Stairs Gulch. Stairs Gulch is much different than any falls we've seen. It is more like,…
Our boys love waterfalls. So we are always searching for easy waterfall hikes. This hike to Hidden Falls couldn't be any simpler. It's hard to call it a hike, but the view is well worth the 2 minute walk and provides the perfect place to start hiking. Don't forget that this…
We love to take the short drive to Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon. Our boys love it. When I was a boy, we actually rode "the world's steepest tram" up the mountainside to the top of the falls. The tram is now long gone. What makes Bridal Veil Falls great…
Ghost Falls is a nice little hike. The first time we visited Ghost Falls, the leaves were changing and the weather was nice and cool. Unfortunately, we had a bad experience with it. First, the directions we got from the Internet were very bad. They led us to two different places-- both…
If you happen to go up the Nebo Scenic Loop, make sure you stop at Devils Kitchen. This is one of our favorite walks (it's only about a block, so to call it a "hike" would be stretching it). The short walk leads to a view of bright orange rocks like…