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Wasatch-Cache National Forests Active and Adventure Travel Tips

By Bill Weir

Hike as far as you like on Brighton Lakes Trail in upper Big Cottonwood Canyon. The trail takes you through some of the prettiest lake country in the range. It’s a popular family outing.
Mountain bikers should try the Wasatch Crest Trail, which climbs from Guardsman's Pass at the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon, tops out at 9,900 feet with fabulous views, and then drops into upper Mill Creek Canyon. It’s 13 miles one way and is best done with a car shuttle.
Pipeline Trail, a popular summertime mountain bike trail in Mill Creek Canyon, becomes an ungroomed ski trail in winter. It parallels the road from near the bottom of the canyon to just above the winter gate.
One of the best day hikes in the area is the Mineral Fork Trail, a former mining road that climbs to a glacial cirque above Big Cottonwood Canyon. You’ll pass waterfalls, alpine meadows, and old mines in ten miles round-trip with a 3,520-foot elevation change.

Wasatch-Cache National Forest Overview

All backroom deals aside, Salt Lake City won the right to host the 2002 Winter Olympics on the drawing power of the recreational paradise found in the mountains of Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The forest encompasses the northern and central ramparts of the toothy Wasatch Range, which form the abrupt eastern boundary to the bone-dry Great Basin Desert. Read More

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Snowbird, UT 84092-9000 Map

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Albion Basin Campground

Salt Lake Ranger District Office, 6944 South 3000 East
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Distance: 5.9 mi.
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Solitude Mountain Resort

Solitude
12000 Big Cottonwood Canyon
Solitude, Utah 84121

Distance: 4.7 mi. (from destination center)

Description: In summer, the hills at Solitude come alive with hikers, mountain bikers, and disc golfers. Sunrise... Read More

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Lake Mary Trail

Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood Canyons
Salt Lake Ranger District Office, 6944 South 3000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

Distance: 6.8 mi. (from destination center)

Description: This trail connects the upper ends of Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons in 3.5 miles one way, with... Read More

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Mineral Fork Trail

Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake Ranger District Office, 6944 South 3000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

Distance: 8.0 mi. (from destination center)

Description: This nine-mile round-trip hike starts on an old mining road and climbs to a glacial cirque. In... Read More

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Airports

Major Airports near Wasatch-Cache National Forests

	Distance (mi.)
Salt Lake City International Airport	17.7 map

Other Smaller Airports near Wasatch-Cache National Forests

	Distance (mi.)
Rock Springs Sweetwater County Airport	150.0 map
Moab Canyonlands Field	166.3 map
Twin Falls City County Airport	192.4 map

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Denver (DEN) to Salt Lake City (SLC)	$106
Las Vegas (LAS) to Salt Lake City (SLC)	$140
San Diego (SAN) to Salt Lake City (SLC)	$157
Kansas City (MKC) to Salt Lake City (SLC)	$168
Oakland (OAK) to Salt Lake City (SLC)	$177