I started this day with a plan to hike the Bonneville Shoreline Trail from Hueghs Canyon north for a 4 mile out-and-back hike. Plans can always change though, and they sure did this day. Heughs Canyon Trail was bookmarked in my All Trails app for a while. When I got to the split in the trail, I decided to keep going straight. The trail is 3.1 miles out and back with 1200 feet elevation gain.
Heughs Canyon Trail
The trailhead parking area for Heughs Canyon Trail is along Wasatch Blvd. Then you take a stroll for about 0.25 mile on the sidewalk in Canyon Cove neighborhood before arriving at the trail head. The map on All Trails for Heughs Canyon Trail includes this portion of the hike (the All Trails map for this sections of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail does NOT). We met a really nice father from Nashville who was having a heck of a time finding the trail head. Luckily we were able to help out.
South Face of Mt. Olympus 
Once you get to the trail head it is a steady incline up the canyon following the creek/stream. I managed to accomplish the “out” portion of the hike without my microspikes. However coming back down they were 100% necessary during this wintery, icy, snowy hike. The north side of the trail was steep rocky cliffs. The south side (north face) was covered in snow which is typical for this time of year.
Even though it is so close to Cottonwood Canyon, Heughs Canyon is outside the municipal watershed supply, so it is very dog friendly. Winter and I only ran into 3 other groups of hikers, one with two gorgeous dogs. The trail is usually high trafficked but the Winter months are the perfect time to hike those trails. Less people want to invest in microspikes and warm clothes for winter hiking.
Sending You Out with a Video Treat
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Wow great video again… Steven Spielberg better watch out 😉
So looking forward to hiking with you and Winter again.
Article was well done!
LOL Thank you! The videos are super fun for me to make.
There’s a sign near the start that states that dogs must be on leash and under control at all times. The City of Holladay also has a law that states dogs must be leashed at all times. And the trailhead is on Wasatch Boulevard at roughly 6281 South. Please update this webpage with this info. Also, there’s tons of poison ivy this year and it’s easy to brush as you hike, and if your dog brushes and then you pet your dog you get it.
Howdy!
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I appreciate your concern with the accuracy but I assure you it was accurate when the post was written in 2021 and was accurate as of the last time I hiked this trail in April of 2022, including the trailhead information. At no point during my post do I state the trail is off or on leash for dogs, and I always encourage owners to follow the signage at the trailhead for the most up to date information. But as a general rule of thumb for all trails once you enter the national forest, which you do cross that boundary along this trail, dogs are permitted off leash as they are in all national forests. Many trails along the Wasatch front have varying off and on leash regulations outside the national forest boundary lines.
Again, thanks for stopping by the blog and I hope you enjoy hiking along the Wasatch Front like I do and continue to fight the privatization of access to our nations public lands and trails.
Bret, the signs only apply to the section on roads before you get to the beginning of the trail, and the city of Holiday ends 0.1 miles up the dirt trail. After that point, you are in Mount Olympus wilderness where dogs are legally allowed off leash.
This is indeed an off-leash trail despite general confusion. The on leash signs only legally apply to the neighborhood and to the first 0.1 mile of the trail while it is still in the city of Holladay. After this point, the trail enters Mount Olympus wilderness in the Uintah-Cache National Forest where dogs may be off-leash. There is no sign indicating this transition. It is true that there is poison ivy all over the trail, which is overgrown and has loose rock, so beware! Lots of reports of rattlesnakes as well.