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Red Butte Canyon

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  3. …Salt Lake City and Wasatch Front
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15 mi 25 km of trail — 3 Featured Runs

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Favorite Views from the top. Sandstone "chair" in lower right corner. Photo taken last day of September.

The Living Room

2.4 mi 3.8 km • Out and Back • 960 ft Ascent 292.53 m Ascent

Singletrack Canyon Rim, UT

( 19 )
Favorite Looking at the University of Utah from Bonneville Shoreline Trail

Dry Creek to City Creek Out-and-back

13.3 mi 21.4 km • Out and Back • 2,190 ft Ascent 667.37 m Ascent

Singletrack Salt Lake City, UT

( 6 )
Favorite Early morning view of the Salt Lake Valley from Mount Wire

Mount Wire via George's Hollow

4.4 mi 7.1 km • Out and Back • 2,095 ft Ascent 638.61 m Ascent

Singletrack Canyon Rim, UT

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2.2 mi 3.6 km #1 Mt. Van Cott Trail
Salt Lake City, UT
2.2 mi 3.6 km Salt Lake City, UT
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6.7 mi 10.7 km #2 BST: Dry Creek to City Creek
Salt Lake City, UT
6.7 mi 10.7 km Salt Lake City, UT
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3.1 mi 5.0 km #3 BST: Emigration Canyon to Dry Creek
East Millcreek, UT
3.1 mi 5.0 km East Millcreek, UT
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0.9 mi 1.4 km #4 Red Butte North Trail
Salt Lake City, UT
0.9 mi 1.4 km Salt Lake City, UT
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0.5 mi 0.8 km #5 Limekiln Gulch Trail
Salt Lake City, UT
0.5 mi 0.8 km Salt Lake City, UT
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1.5 mi 2.4 km #6 George's Hollow Trail
Salt Lake City, UT
1.5 mi 2.4 km Salt Lake City, UT
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0.5 mi 0.8 km #7 Mount Wire Summit Trail
East Millcreek, UT
0.5 mi 0.8 km East Millcreek, UT
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Views from the top. Sandstone "chair" in lower right corner. Photo taken last day of September.

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Views from the top. Sandstone "chair" in lower…
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Salt Lake City, UT
Looking over to Wire

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Looking over to Wire
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Salt Lake City, UT
The Living Room above SLC.

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The Living Room above SLC.
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Salt Lake City, UT
Early morning view of the Salt Lake Valley from Mount Wire

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Early morning view of the Salt Lake Valley from…
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East Millcreek, UT
Running down toward the bottom of the George's Hollow Trail, near the Bonneville Shoreline Trail

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Running down toward the bottom of the George's…
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Salt Lake City, UT
A view of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail near Salt Lake City

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A view of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail near S…
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Salt Lake City, UT
A view south from the Bonneville Shoreline trail, looking toward Mount Olympus and Lone Peak in the far background

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A view south from the Bonneville Shoreline trai…
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Canyon Rim, UT
A view of Red Butte Creek, the one water feature on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail between Emigration Canyon and Dry Creek

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A view of Red Butte Creek, the one water featur…
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Salt Lake City, UT
A view into downtown Salt Lake from the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, with some bad wildfire smoke in the background

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A view into downtown Salt Lake from the Bonnevi…
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Salt Lake City, UT

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