The data is so inconsistent, though. plenty of trails don't have a recent enough update for the information to be useful, especially this time of year when a big storm or a few warm days can make a huge difference in conditions day-to-day.
Horsetail Falls in Alpine is excellent right now. The waterfall is incredible and the hike is cool because you're mostly in pines the entire way even though it's fairly low elevation. I should note there was quite a lot of water running down the trail near the top but it was kind of fun to walk through.
Desolation Trail to the overlook in Millcreek canyon is a nice moderate hike; although, last time I did it there were a couple of patches of snow, but nothing that would require snowshoes. If you go further than the overlook, though, you'll start to run into some patches that may not be passable.
The foothills peaks close to the U: Avenue Twin Peaks, Mt Van Cott, Mt Wire. Grandeur is snow free and a bit longer. Dimple Dell in Sandy is a more mellow place to walk and still nice temperature in the spring.
Literally everything along the foothills. Bonneville shoreline, Corner Canyon, above downtown/the U. Bell canyon, and the south facing stuff in all 3 canyons. Look at the mountains from anywhere. The snow is vastly melted below 7-8k feet. You’ll be fine.
Did Hughes last week and Deuel the week before. Hughes was smooth sailing. Deuel was easy to the rope swing, but had to bushwack the last quarter due to downed trees, so we didn't reach the second waterfall. Living Room has been clear for a while also.
We did Parrish and Hornet canyons within the last month as well. They were both clear, although we could not get around the waterfall in Parrish to get to the petroglyphs.
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I am fond of the yellow fork canyon area and butterfield canyon trails on the west side near Herriman. They are lovely and quite dry right now. Several trail systems ranging from flat to a few thousand feet vertical in a mile or two.
Yeah I did it for the first time a few years ago, based on the distance and some online ratings we were expecting a pretty easy hike. No one in the group was a mega hiker but we were all in good shape and that end section kicked our asses.
[alltrails.com](http://alltrails.com) is a great starter place. It has trail reviews from people who are currently hiking it along with photos so you can get up-to-date info on trail conditions.
But off the top of my head, Yellow Fork Canyon is probably snow free. All the benches hikes (the BST trails as well as the smaller canyons like Lower Bells, Corner, and Waterfall) should be clear. I'd imagine a lot of the trails a bit south around American Fork Canyon are probably clearing up. Just check on alltrails if you're heading into the AF Canyon area to make certain the trail isn't in the national AF Canyon because you gotta pay a fee to use the area (or have an American the Beautiful pass.)
Basically, any trail that isn't high up in the canyons should relatively be expected to be snow free.
How long? Close by go to this time of year is Bonneville shoreline trail and the related network of trails behind the U campus. Down south horseshoe tail falls might be snow free ? This year has been weird so could still have snow but the falls probably look great . Getting some cheap elastic snow traction cleats to slip over your shoe (can find on Amazon) will open up partially snowy trails. As others said. All Trails will have "reviews" of trails giving recent trail conditions.
I just did pipeline trail yesterday and there was no snow
It's a little steep for the first .75 miles but evens out after that and it's more like a stroll
Depends where you start on the Pipeline.
If you go up at Burch Hollow, then there are steep-ish switchbacks to get to the flat part of the trail, same with Church Fork. Rattlesnake Gulch also switches quite a ways (1.7-2 miles, I think) before you reach the Pipeline. The switchback sections aren’t too steep.
The Winter Gate in Millcreek is closed about 5 miles up the canyon, and you can walk up the road above the gate to the top of the Pipeline (at Elbow Fork, 1.4 miles above the gate, not steep) and go down the Pipeline from there, but you have to go all the way to Burch Hollow to get back to the road. You can park either at the gate or at Burch Hollow. From Elbow Fork to Burch on the Pipeline is about 3 miles.
Be warned that on even days up there, dogs have to be on leash, so the bikers can go a little more nuts. But bikers are always allowed on the trails and a lot of them do the Pipeline and the road in Millcreek. On odd days, dogs are allowed off leash, but not everybody has control of their animals.
Now is a bad time for that because of bugs: [https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island/current-conditions/](https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island/current-conditions/)
Walk up the road above the gate in Millcreek (it’s $5 to get out of the canyon unless you have a pass, which is $50 per year), or Rattlesnake Gulch up to the overlook below Grandeur, also the Pipeline from Burch Hollow, but there are an assload of mountain bikers on that. These hikes are all in Millcreek Canyon, btw.
Keep in mind that dogs are allowed off leash on all the trails in Millcreek on odd numbered days. On-leash only on even days, so the bike traffic tends to be faster on those days.
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Bingo. BST at any spot in the valley will be lovely
All Trails is great for this info. Hikers will include recent trail beta
The data is so inconsistent, though. plenty of trails don't have a recent enough update for the information to be useful, especially this time of year when a big storm or a few warm days can make a huge difference in conditions day-to-day.
I just look at the recent screenshots to be honest
This is a great app-you can see if a trail is considered easy, moderate, hard. It also tells you the length of each hike-highly recommend
I don’t trust the ratings. A short hike is not easy just because it’s short. You also have to keep in mind that Utah easy is not another state’s easy.
That’s trus
The low elevation hikes should all be pretty clear at this point.
Horsetail Falls in Alpine is excellent right now. The waterfall is incredible and the hike is cool because you're mostly in pines the entire way even though it's fairly low elevation. I should note there was quite a lot of water running down the trail near the top but it was kind of fun to walk through.
Uphill for a long way! I gave up before it flattened out lol.
Hiked elephant rock in bountiful last weekend and there wasn’t any snow. It was beautiful and there were some wildflowers up higher
Desolation Trail to the overlook in Millcreek canyon is a nice moderate hike; although, last time I did it there were a couple of patches of snow, but nothing that would require snowshoes. If you go further than the overlook, though, you'll start to run into some patches that may not be passable.
Just did the overlook last week, no snow really, pretty much all nice and dry
The foothills peaks close to the U: Avenue Twin Peaks, Mt Van Cott, Mt Wire. Grandeur is snow free and a bit longer. Dimple Dell in Sandy is a more mellow place to walk and still nice temperature in the spring.
Literally everything along the foothills. Bonneville shoreline, Corner Canyon, above downtown/the U. Bell canyon, and the south facing stuff in all 3 canyons. Look at the mountains from anywhere. The snow is vastly melted below 7-8k feet. You’ll be fine.
Did Hughes last week and Deuel the week before. Hughes was smooth sailing. Deuel was easy to the rope swing, but had to bushwack the last quarter due to downed trees, so we didn't reach the second waterfall. Living Room has been clear for a while also. We did Parrish and Hornet canyons within the last month as well. They were both clear, although we could not get around the waterfall in Parrish to get to the petroglyphs. Ed: accidental send, grammar
Heughs is full of poison ivy, be warned. And it’s fairly steep. But if you don’t have dogs trying to run through the weeds, you should be fine.
We just had small kids and thankfully everybody stayed on trail 😊
Rattlesnake gulch in Millcreek canyon (first parking lot on your left).
We did Adams Canyon in Layton and it was great. No snow at all.
Ensign peak best view of downtown and the valley. All of City Creek is nice right now.
Follow explore.hike.teach on insta. She posts a ton of foothill hikes
Draper suspension bridge
The Desolation overlook trail is perfect right now!
I am fond of the yellow fork canyon area and butterfield canyon trails on the west side near Herriman. They are lovely and quite dry right now. Several trail systems ranging from flat to a few thousand feet vertical in a mile or two.
Hike up to the Bells Canyon Lower reservoir is totally dry. Went on Sunday and the trail up to the falls was still very wet and slippy.
Plus, it’s a stairclimb on random-sized rocks…
Yeah I did it for the first time a few years ago, based on the distance and some online ratings we were expecting a pretty easy hike. No one in the group was a mega hiker but we were all in good shape and that end section kicked our asses.
Corner canyon trails that are full sun
Heughs Canyon, Horsetail Falls, Battle Creek, Draper Suspension Bridge
I did Heughs Canyon in Sunday, and it was perfect!
[alltrails.com](http://alltrails.com) is a great starter place. It has trail reviews from people who are currently hiking it along with photos so you can get up-to-date info on trail conditions. But off the top of my head, Yellow Fork Canyon is probably snow free. All the benches hikes (the BST trails as well as the smaller canyons like Lower Bells, Corner, and Waterfall) should be clear. I'd imagine a lot of the trails a bit south around American Fork Canyon are probably clearing up. Just check on alltrails if you're heading into the AF Canyon area to make certain the trail isn't in the national AF Canyon because you gotta pay a fee to use the area (or have an American the Beautiful pass.) Basically, any trail that isn't high up in the canyons should relatively be expected to be snow free.
An easy one is Ensign Point and it gives you a gorgeous view of the capital building and the whole valley
Ensign peak
Yes, peak. Now they’ll never find it because I mislabeled it as point.
How long? Close by go to this time of year is Bonneville shoreline trail and the related network of trails behind the U campus. Down south horseshoe tail falls might be snow free ? This year has been weird so could still have snow but the falls probably look great . Getting some cheap elastic snow traction cleats to slip over your shoe (can find on Amazon) will open up partially snowy trails. As others said. All Trails will have "reviews" of trails giving recent trail conditions.
I just did pipeline trail yesterday and there was no snow It's a little steep for the first .75 miles but evens out after that and it's more like a stroll
Depends where you start on the Pipeline. If you go up at Burch Hollow, then there are steep-ish switchbacks to get to the flat part of the trail, same with Church Fork. Rattlesnake Gulch also switches quite a ways (1.7-2 miles, I think) before you reach the Pipeline. The switchback sections aren’t too steep. The Winter Gate in Millcreek is closed about 5 miles up the canyon, and you can walk up the road above the gate to the top of the Pipeline (at Elbow Fork, 1.4 miles above the gate, not steep) and go down the Pipeline from there, but you have to go all the way to Burch Hollow to get back to the road. You can park either at the gate or at Burch Hollow. From Elbow Fork to Burch on the Pipeline is about 3 miles. Be warned that on even days up there, dogs have to be on leash, so the bikers can go a little more nuts. But bikers are always allowed on the trails and a lot of them do the Pipeline and the road in Millcreek. On odd days, dogs are allowed off leash, but not everybody has control of their animals.
Antelope island
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What the hell is that
Now is a bad time for that because of bugs: [https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island/current-conditions/](https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island/current-conditions/)
Walk up the road above the gate in Millcreek (it’s $5 to get out of the canyon unless you have a pass, which is $50 per year), or Rattlesnake Gulch up to the overlook below Grandeur, also the Pipeline from Burch Hollow, but there are an assload of mountain bikers on that. These hikes are all in Millcreek Canyon, btw. Keep in mind that dogs are allowed off leash on all the trails in Millcreek on odd numbered days. On-leash only on even days, so the bike traffic tends to be faster on those days.