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Lake Blanche in Little Cottonwood Canyon.Little Cottonwood Canyon

Little Cottonwood Canyon
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Salt Lake Ranger District
6944 South 3000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
Phone: 801-943-1794

 

 

 

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
Directions:
Coordinates: Map Coordinates (NAD83): 40 34.384N; 111 41.952W.
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Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah.

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