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Utah Day 1: Ensign Peak

27 May 2022

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 29 May 2022
  • Utah 19

I’m in Utah for a few days for a family visit. I had a few hours to myself upon arrival and decided to check out the Ensign Peak Trail, which offered some nice views from above the city.

I got in just before some rains set in, which meant there were some fun sky-drama photos.

This is a short hike (~1.5km / 1 mile), but there’s some good elevation gain along the way. It was a good workout after the hours of sitting in cars and planes.

A dirt hiking trail winds through green grassy foothills at Ensign Peak Open Space, with a rustic wooden fence to the right and a sweeping view of downtown Salt Lake City in the valley below, backed by distant snow-dusted mountains under a partly cloudy blue sky.
Weathered concrete blocks, likely old foundation remnants, sit on a bare dirt path amid tall green grass and white wildflowers, with gnarled oak trees and a green hillside dotted with yellow flowers in the background.
A green foothill trail winding up a grassy hillside with a rustic split-rail log fence in the foreground, a stone monument atop the ridge at right, and a sweeping view of Salt Lake City and distant snow-dusted mountains under a partly cloudy sky.
A dusty dirt hiking trail climbs a sagebrush-covered ridge lined with a rustic wooden rail fence, beneath a wide sky filled with scattered white and gray clouds. A distant valley is faintly visible on the right.

From the top of the hill, you can see a panoramic view of the city.

A wide panoramic view of Salt Lake City spread across a broad valley, seen from the grassy foreground hills of Ensign Peak Open Space, with a downtown cluster of taller buildings at center, snow-dusted mountain ranges on the horizon, and an overcast, hazy sky.
Salt Lake City
A dirt hiking trail winds along a rocky ridgeline dotted with sagebrush and dry grasses, overlooking rolling green-and-brown foothills under a heavy, overcast gray sky. Weathered wooden fence posts stand near the trail, and distant hilltops carry radio and communication towers.
A green foothill landscape under a broad, cloudy sky, with sagebrush-covered slopes framing a winding dirt trail edged by a wooden rail fence in the lower left. Rocky, grassy ridges lead toward distant mountains, with a portion of a valley town visible in the middle distance.
A view from a grassy hillside above Salt Lake City under heavy gray storm clouds, with a wooden split-rail fence and green trees in the foreground and the downtown skyline and snow-dusted mountains spread across the valley below.

Ensign Peak, Salt Lake City, Utah
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