Rocky Mouth Trail

 

Rocky Mouth Trail in Sandy has become one of our favorite hikes.

 

Distance: 0.25 miles to the waterfall (1/2 mile total)

 

Hiking time: about 20 minutes to get to the waterfall

 

Driving Directions: Trailhead is at approximately 11300 South Wasatch Blvd. (Directly East of the LDS chapel). If the parking lot is full, park on the street or in the LDS ward parking lot.

 

More info: Here 

 

It was a perfect hike to bring kids on, not too hard and not too long.

 

The hike began with some stairs.

Abby as always had a free ride on my back. She did well though as it was pretty hot. Don't worry we all had hats and water.

After the stairs the hike actually came out into a neighborhood and you had to walk a couple blocks on a normal sidewalk past massive homes to where the trail continued.



 

The trail picks back up right in between two large homes around the corner in the neighborhood.

I hope Abby got to see some of the scenery besides the back of my neck.

The hike ended at a river and a waterfall. It was pretty cool.

 

There were little places to explore. A small cave made Eliza pretty excited.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headed back down to the start. Eliza did very well. We love exploring the outdoors. She said when she gets older she wants to go backpacking!

 

 

 

 

 

Albion Basin

 

July is the annual Wasatch Wildflower Festival so the flowers are pretty amazing if you do this hike in July or August when the wildflowers are in full bloom.

 

Distance: 0.5 miles each way

Elevation change: the trail was pretty flat with a little up hill, nothing too bad.

 

Driving Directions: Drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon 8.3 miles to the parking area to the right of the Alta Guard Station at the end of the pavement (by the Albion Basin Campground).

 

More info: here and here

 

The trailhead was a little difficult to find. We asked at the guard station and were told to drive down the large hill to the right and park down by some bathrooms and the ski area.

 

There was a chair lift at the beginning that the kids liked sitting and climbing on.

We had a large hiking group this time! So much fun to have lots of little kids hiking together.

There were 9 moms, 1 dad (he's taking the picture), and 15 kids (3 boys and 12 girls). All the kids are age 4 or younger.

The wildflowers were pretty amazing. Just beautiful!

Hard to believe there is still snow on the mountains when it was 103 degrees the day before in the valley!

 

 Time for a snack at the top! When I say "top" I really mean the open meadow.

I asked my friend to take our picture and we didn't even get ONE good one out of like 20! Eliza would not smile, and I was blinking in half of them. Oh well.......

 

Aaaaand she's out! Fell asleep right at the end.

I had been saving this hike for July when the wildflowers were out and it did not disappoint! I highly recommend this hike!