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The Best Trail Running Routes in Salt Lake City, UT

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Head for adventure in the Wastach Mountains

Salt lake city is one of the best cities in the world for those who love hiking. The city sits just alongside the Wasatch Mountains, so the best hiking trails are not far away. We used data from millions of hikes to determine the best hikes in Salt Lake City Utah. Here is what we’ve found.

If you’re looking for the most popular hiking trail in Salt Lake city, The Living Room trail is it. At the top of this peak, you’ll find rocks arranged in a sofa style where you can sit and take in tremendous views of the city and lake below. For a less challenging and family friendly hike, try Ensign Peak.

The best hiking trails in Salt Lake City Utah are all close to the city, so grab some grippy shoes and get out there.

Top 5 trail running routes in Salt Lake City, UT

Wasatch Crest: Guardsman Pass to Lake Desolation

At the top of Park City Resort is the crest of the Wasatch Range, and one trail traces its backbone above all the ski slopes. From the Wasatch Crest Trail, you’ll gaze over mountains on all sides as you run at nearly 10,000 feet elevation–across rocky ridgelines, through flower-filled meadows, and above sparkling alpine lakes....

Bonneville Shoreline Trail: Tunnel Springs to I-80

The Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST) attempts to follow the bench that was formed by the ancient Lake Bonneville. "Lake Bonneville was the largest Late Pleistocene paleolake in the Great Basin of western North America,” according to [Wikipedia](https://en....

Pfeifferhorn Peak

This is a 9-mile round trip run through the heart of the Wasatch mountains. The pinnacle of the outing is the summit of the mighty Pfeifferhorn peak with almost 4,000 feet of elevation gain....

Mount Timpanogos Loop

"Mount Timpanogos is one of Utah’s most recognizable mountains, and perhaps Utah’s most popular mountain hiking destination,” according to [Utah.com](https://utah.com/hiking/mt-timpanogos). Timpanogos rises to 11,749 feet above sea level, making it the second-highest peak in the Wasatch Mountain Range....

The WURL

Mapped here is the full course of the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup (WURL)––a horseshoe route around Little Cottonwood Canyon, following the ridgecrest as completely as possible. It’s a running, hiking, and rock scrambling epic in the high mountains, rarely on established trails....

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