Living Room Trailhead

The living room trail was a blast.

Living room trailhead.

That s no shade on the people or the trail. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from march until november. However lots of people find this place because it s a cool place for the college kids to spend a weekend evening no parents. Head up towards the mouth.

Living room trailhead 383 colorow rd salt lake city. The living room trailhead is a hike in salt lake city utah near the natural history museum. I went up here this past saturday and had a great time. This 1 25 mile hike up red butte ridge ascends 980 feet and takes hikers to a vantage point known to locals as the living room that features slabs of sandstone arranged as furniture.

The living room hiking trail this is slc initiation by a little bit trick to find trail. One of the better short hikes to a prominent viewpoint above the salt lake valley it s easy to see why this route is popular most of the year. At the viewpoint you ll see furniture created by other hikers out of the large flat sandstone slabs. Dogs are also able to use this trail.

The living room trail is a short fairly steep but moderately easy hike to a great viewpoint on red butte overlooking the salt lake valley. Red butte canyon through which the hike begins is. The living room trailhead on colorow road the beginning of the trail travels through a dense scrub oak forest the bonneville shoreline trail with the junction to the living room visible in the distance on the left. For most however the living room is sufficient and it s time to take a load off and look out over literally the entire valley.

I also want to point out that this trail is dog friendly. It took us about a little over an hour to leisurely maneuver up the trail and enjoy the natural scenic landscape. The trail was a little muddy hiking up because the snow is starting. Natural history museum of utah red butte garden visitors center.

The trailhead is near the natural history museum of utah just off the bonneville shoreline trail. The living room lookout trail is a 2 3 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near salt lake city utah that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. My wife and i started out around 9 10am and easily made our way up to the fantastic view of salt lake city.