Hidden Falls Hike

 

Where: Hidden Falls up Big Cottonwood Canyon
Elevation Gain: 40 feet
Distance: 0.3 miles

Hiking time: about 15 minutes to reach the falls

 

Driving Directions: To reach the trailhead, drive 4.4 miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon. Park in the small lot located on the right (southeast) side of the road in the second, upper curve of the "S-Turn." The trail is above the lot on the opposite (north) side of the road. Additional parking can be found at the lower parking area, where a small road branches right (southeast) from the lower curve of the "S-Turn."

 

After crossing the highway from the parking lot, take the lower left trail into the shade of trees, avoiding the set of stairs on the right (these lead to the Mill B North Fork Overlook Trail).

 

More info: Here

 

 

 
This was such a fun, short trail. The trail leads you down into a shaded area with a little stream.

 

 

 

 

 

 




See how the falls are "hidden" around the corner? If you want to get wet, you can go ahead and walk closer through the stream. We opted to stay where we were.







There's an old abandoned mine as well that was pretty cool for the kids to see.







After "hiking" to Hidden Falls, we wanted to hike some more so we decided to head up the Mill B North Fork Trail for just a few minutes. It starts at the stairs.

 
 

 

 

 
Looking down on the "S" curve behind us.

 

 

 

 
Nature is so pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

   The view from the top of the stairs was pretty neat.

 

 

 

 

Definitely a great hike for kids in my book!

 

 

 

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!