It’s Time to Take a Hike in Salt Lake City, Utah! The best way to experience Salt Lake City is by hiking it! Get outdoors with local author Greg Witt, with the full-color edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City. A perfect blend of popular trails and hidden gems, the selected trails transport you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings that renew your spirit and recharge your body. Explore the deep caverns of Timpanogos Cave National Monument and the gargantuan peaks of the High Uintas Wilderness. Relive the experiences of Utah’s early settlers on the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and surround yourself with the brilliant wildflowers of Little Cottonwood Canyon and the big game at Big Cottonwood Canyon. You’ll learn about the area and experience nature through 60 of the city’s best hikes! Each hike description features key at-a-glance information on distance, difficulty, scenery, traffic, hiking time, and more, so you can quickly and easily learn about each trail. Detailed directions, GPS-based trail maps, and elevation profiles help to ensure that you know where you are and where you’re going. Tips on nearby activities further enhance your enjoyment of every outing. Whether you’re a local looking for new places to explore or a visitor to the area, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City provides plenty of options for a couple hours or a full day of adventure, all within about an hour from Salt Lake City and the surrounding communities. Greg Witt has lived the adventures he writes about and shares with audiences around the world. His journeys have taken him to every corner of the globe. He has guided mountaineering expeditions in the Alps and Andes and paddled wild rivers in the Americas. He has dropped teams of adventurers into golden slot canyons; trudged through deep jungles in Africa, Central America, and Asia; and guided archaeological expeditions across the parched Arabian Peninsula. After earning degrees from the University of California and Brigham Young University, Greg had an early career in human-resources management. Preferring high adventure to the high-rise, he traded his wingtips for hiking boots decades ago and has never looked back. Some weeks Greg hikes more miles than he drives, which means he wears out his boots faster than he wears out his tires. He has crossed the Grand Canyon on foot more than a dozen times and climbed Colorado’s three highest peaks in three days. Each summer in the Swiss Alps, he hikes more than 700 miles and gains nearly 100,000 vertical feet of elevation as he guides guests of Alpenwild (alpenwild.com), a company he owns and operates. Greg loves leading readers on the most breathtaking hikes and exciting outdoor adventures on the globe. He comes ready to discuss the geology, history, archaeology, weather patterns, culture, flora, and fauna of the exciting locales he loves. His other books include Exploring Havasupai (Menasha Ridge Press), Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel (Rough Guides), and 50 Best Short Hikes: Utah’s National Parks (Wilderness Press). Greg’s research and exploration continue to uncover adventures just waiting to be experienced. If you join him, you’ll be guaranteed a phenomenal journey. SILVER LAKE DISTANCE & CONFIGURATION: 4.4-mile out-and-back - DIFFICULTY: Moderate - SCENERY: Alpine lake, granite ridgeline, canyon views, woodlands - EXPOSURE: Mostly shaded for first mile, partially shaded for second - TRAIL TRAFFIC: Moderate - TRAIL SURFACE: Dirt - HIKING TIME: 2.5–3.5 hours - DRIVING DISTANCE: 39 miles from I-15/ I-80 intersection - ELEVATION CHANGE: 7,536'–8,985' - ACCESS: Daily, sunrise–sunset, but road access is limited early fall–late spring, when UT 92 is closed. This hike lies within both Lone Peak Wilderness Area (see Comments) and American Fork Canyon, a fee-charging area. Current access fees are $6/1–3 days, $12/week, and $45/year; America the Beautiful passes honored (see page 15). - MAPS: USGS Dromedary Peak ; Trails Illustrated Uinta National Forest (701) - FACILITIES: Restrooms at trailhead - WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: None - CONTACT: 801-785-3563, fs.usda.gov/uwcnf - LOCATION: Trailhead is just north of Silver Lake Flat Reservoir on FS 008/Silver Lake Rd., 17 miles northwest of American Fork, UT - COMMENTS: Motorized vehicles and bikes prohibited in Lone Peak Wilderness Area; dogs allowed on leash DESCRIPTION What begins as a pleasant and shaded uphill stroll concludes with one of the most dramatic wilderness settings in Utah. You’ll think you’ve been transported to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada. It has all the iconic elements of that far-more-famous national park: towering gray-granite walls, blue glacial lakes, spruce and fir trees, cascading waterfalls, glistening streams, and moose―lots of moose. The 3 miles of dirt road leading to the trailhead and its location within the Lone Peak Wilderness Area discourage many less-serious hikers from visit