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Red Butte Canyon

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

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Runs in Red Butte Canyon - 3

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

The Living Room

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

(22) Salt La…, UT
Favorite Looking at the University of Utah from Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Intermediate

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

(7) Salt La…, UT
Favorite Early morning view of the Salt Lake Valley from Mount Wire
Difficult

Mount Wire via George's Hollow

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

(7) Canyon Rim, UT

Trails in Red Butte Canyon - 7

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2.2 mi 3.6 km #1Mt. Van Cott Trail
Difficult
Salt Lake City, UT
Difficult
2.2 mi 3.6 km Salt Lake City, UT 4 
6.7 mi 10.7 km #2BST: Dry Creek to City Creek
Intermediate
Salt Lake City, UT
Intermediate
6.7 mi 10.7 km Salt Lake City, UT 4 
3.1 mi 5.0 km #3BST: Emigration Canyon to Dry Creek
Intermediate
East Millcreek, UT
Intermediate
3.1 mi 5.0 km East Millcreek, UT 2 
0.9 mi 1.4 km #4Red Butte North Trail
Intermediate
Salt Lake City, UT
Intermediate
0.9 mi 1.4 km Salt Lake City, UT 2 
0.5 mi 0.8 km #5Limekiln Gulch Trail
Intermediate
Salt Lake City, UT
Intermediate
0.5 mi 0.8 km Salt Lake City, UT 1 
1.5 mi 2.4 km #6George's Hollow Trail
Intermediate
Salt Lake City, UT
Intermediate
1.5 mi 2.4 km Salt Lake City, UT 1 
0.5 mi 0.8 km #7Mount Wire Summit Trail
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East Millcreek, UT
Intermediate
0.5 mi 0.8 km East Millcreek, UT 1 

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Views from the top. Sandstone "chair" in lower right corner. Photo taken last day of September.
Oct 1, 2017 near Salt La…, UT
The Living Room above SLC.
Apr 17, 2016 near Salt La…, UT
Looking over to Wire
May 1, 2015 near Salt La…, UT
Early morning view of the Salt Lake Valley from Mount Wire
Jun 7, 2018 near East Mi…, UT
Running down toward the bottom of the George's Hollow Trail, near the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Jun 7, 2018 near Salt La…, UT
A view of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail near Salt Lake City
Aug 15, 2018 near Salt La…, UT
A view south from the Bonneville Shoreline trail, looking toward Mount Olympus and Lone Peak in the far background
Aug 15, 2018 near Canyon Rim, UT
A view of Red Butte Creek, the one water feature on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail between Emigration Canyon and Dry Creek
Aug 15, 2018 near Salt La…, UT
A view into downtown Salt Lake from the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, with some bad wildfire smoke in the background
Aug 15, 2018 near Salt La…, UT

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