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Lake Blanche in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Salt Lake Ranger District
6944 South 3000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
Phone: 801-943-1794
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Little Cottonwood Canyon, opening along the Wasatch Front in the Salt Lake Valley, has the steepest walls of the local canyons with the most heavily glaciated topography, the highest trailhead, and the highest peaks in this part of the range. The upper canyon provides a cool haven in the hot summer months and has wide meadows for easy hiking through fields of wildflowers with a variety of wildlife.

Area: N/A
Elevation: 7,237 feet.
Fees: None
Hours: N/A
Visitor Center: None
Facilities: N/A
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Coordinates: Map Coordinates (NAD83): 40 34.384N; 111 41.952W.
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Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
Camping
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Landmarks
Within the Canyon
Check our personal notes for details about these points of interest.
  • Red Pine Lake
  • Secret Lake
  • White Pine Lake
Near the Canyon
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Related Sites

Note: Remember to bookmark this site before you venture off down these side trails. They lead to other Web sites that we do not control. We cannot vouch for the content on, nor do we endorse, these sites. The following links are only intended to assist you in your quest for further related information. If you discover a broken link, or a link with inappropriate content, or know of a link that should be listed here, please let us know.

Avalanche Information
801-378-4333.

Great Western Trail Association
P.O. Box 36, Provo, Utah 84603-0036.

Road Conditions
Phone: 800-492-2400.

Wasatch Mountain Club


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