Hikes for short visits to Salt Lake

📍Ensign Peak: Brigham Young famously planned Salt Lake City's layout from this knoll above what is now the Utah State Capitol.

• When: All year
• Hike stats: 1 mile | 410 feet elevation change

🌅 The Living Room: This SLC classic ends at a cluster of couches and chairs made of rock slabs. It's perfect for a picnic — or sunset viewing, if you bring a headlamp for the descent.

• When: All year; consider traction in snow.
• Hike stats: 2.3 miles | 1,000 feet elevation change

🍩 Donut Falls : Step-for-step, it's one of our most beautiful family hikes.

• When: All year, with traction in snow.
• Hike stats: 3.5 miles from the Mill D parking area of Big Cottonwood Canyon | 450 feet elevation change

🌲 Desolation Trail Overlook: Get a taste of Millcreek Canyon on this wooded trail to sweeping views of the Salt Lake Valley

• When: All year, with traction in snow.
• Hike stats: About 4.6 miles | 1,300 feet elevation change