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Hi guys:
I'm going to be in SLC tomorrow, anybody know any good hikes in the area? I have to pick up my brother at the airport at 8:30PM and my flight arrives at 9:30 am so i have about 10 hours for the round trip from the airport. If anybody wants to go, I'd pick you up wherever.
-will
Also, I'm bringing my rock shoes and so could somebody direct me to a good craig for bouldering?
Will
2 options
head up to Brighton. Hike the Mary Lake Trail - Can extend it to Lake Catherine. Should bag you 2 hours round trip
Other option Cecret Lake at ALTA, foot of Devils Castle. awsome views short 45 minute hike. Can choose other oprion and push over Catherine Pass and head down to Lake Catherine from Alta. Longer than cecret and more elevation Gain - Loss - Gain.
CAT in SLC
ALSO
Bouldering Mecca in LOWER Little Cottonwood Canyon. Near the mouth - First pullout
tons of threads describing routes there on climbing forums - or contact Black Diamond in SLC for Beta
The above mentioned hikes and really anything up in Albion Basin are all awesome. Lots of places to stop on the way up LCC to boulder: at the gate, the Glen, Lisa Falls, White Pine, etc.
I would recommend Bells Canyon though since you can combine it all, and you have some options on how much you want to do. Probably one of my favorite hikes anyway (massive granite walls), and the farther you go, the less people you'll see. Trail head up to the lower reservoir will probably be pretty busy, but it clears out quickly after that.
Take either trail head (one is on LCC road on the right side of the triangle; the other is farther south on Wasatch near some town homes). Both meet at the lower reservoir.
Keep going and you'll pass over a foot bridge ~1.5 miles in. Just past the bridge is a fun bouldering spot off to your right--you can't miss it. It's less busy than the gate boulders, and a bit more mellow. There is some more difficult stuff there too though. Here is topo for some problems: http://beta.drtopo.com/guidebooks/usa/utah/49/bell.pdf
Keep going up the trail and a little past the 2-mile mark is the lower falls. If you made it that far, might as well keep going to the upper falls which are at ~3-mile mark. Depending on how much time you want to spend bouldering vs hiking, you can keep going to the upper reservoir which is just past the 4-mile mark.