Hiking Lone Peak offers some of the most incredible views of the Salt Lake Valley, but you'll have to earn it. The trail is long at almost 12 miles round trip and the elevation gain is well over 5,000 feet. The trip starts in the brushy foothills of Draper and climbs steeply up onto a ridge that leads into the rocky and rugged alpine environment. Route finding is easy down low, but becomes tricky as you leave the well trod dirt paths and enter the rocky terrain.

The trail up Gobblers Knob is a Wasatch classic that offers moderate hiking through aspen groves and into the open alpine. It is an 8 mile long round trip hike with a gain of over 3,000 feet in elevation.

Cardiff Fork is a very scenic and moderate hike up one of the most popular canyons in the Wasatch. The climb is a bit over 2,500 feet in 3.5 miles (one-way) passing by some old mining relics and entering the upper alpine ridges. This hike has a few steep sections, but for the most part, it's mellow and follows an old jeep road. It is heavily traveled and well-marked.

The Days Fork trail is a little over 7 miles round trip with some good elevation gain through a heavily wooded canyon that opens up into the Alpine as you gain the Little Cottonwood Ridge. The climb is steep in places and moderate in others for a gain of over 3,000 feet in elevation. The trail is well marked and easy to follow.

Mill B is an advanced moderate hike that follows a very well traveled trail up to one of the most visited and scenic spots in the Central Wasatch. From the S Curve parking lot in Big Cottonwood Canyon this trail follows a jeep road till it accesses the proper Mill B or "Lake Blanche" trail. This trail is a little over 5 miles round trip with 2,700 feet of elevation gain as it center punches its way up the gut of the canyon.

The 5th most visited State Park in Utah (which is quite something when you consider its competition!), Antelope Island is a magical place. Antelope is also home to some excellent hikes and despite the relatively large number of tourists who come to the island, very few people venture far from the road and the visitor centre, so you could well have this adventure all to yourself.

Lambs Canyon Trail on its own is a fairly short, moderately strenuous, but very rewarding hike to views over Millcreek Canyon from a high pass. For an even greater reward and a tougher hike, you can continue 0.75 miles farther along the ridgeline to Millvue Peak. Its summit grants nearly 360-degree views of the northern and central Wasatch. On a clear day you can see all the way across Salt Lake Valley to the Oquirrh Mountains in the west, and over Park City to the Uinta Mountains in the east.

Thanks to its easy access right off the pavement and the unique waterfall feature, Donut Falls is one of the most popular hikes in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Once at the canyon, you'll have to negotiate a scramble down a rock to reach the base of the falls, but it's a short drop. Once at the falls, enjoy the beautiful, narrow mountain canyon!

Bells Canyon trail is a Wasatch classic. You start right from the valley floor, pass by a beautiful reservoir, and enjoy a shady, steep hike along the water rushing down the canyon. One of the highlights, and often even the destination, is the lower waterfall 2.3 miles in. The two prominent waterfalls lower in the canyon draw a fair amount of traffic, but most people don't go beyond these attractions.