Little Black Mountain - 8,040'
City Creek Canyon
Red Butte
Downtown Salt Lake City
There are three Twin Peaks in Salt Lake County alone, Broads
Fork Twin Peaks, American Fork Twin Peaks, and Avenues Twin
Peaks.
Broads Fork Twin Peaks (the most famous) is the prominent
peak between Mount Olympus and Lone Peak which is easily seen
from anywhere in the valley, American Fork Twin Peaks
which is the highest point in Salt Lake County and is the
head of Snowbird Ski Resort, and the not so famous Avenues
Twin Peaks which are only 6,291 feet above sea level and
reside northeast of the Avenues in Salt Lake City.
To get to the Avenues Twin Peaks:
Start at Limekiln Gulch (Northeast of the Salt Lake City Cemetery)
and hike northeast, parallel to the Lime Kiln below (an old
brick factory). There is a trail but it's kind of hard to
find. At the top of this hill, the Avenues Twin Peaks are
the tall hills to the northwest with the limestone rocks poking
out of it, and down below to the west is Spring Gulch. Stay
on the ridge that you are now on and follow the trail northeast
to the Little Black Mountain Ridge, which goes southwest to
the Avenues Twin Peaks or northeast to Little Black Mountain,
We went to Little Black Mountain first. At the top of this
ridge, there is a trail that walks along the north edge of
the ridge, follow this if you are on foot, you will save your
knees from the steep hill. If you look northeast the dark
mountain on the same ridge is Little Black Mountain. There
are multiple false summits, we stopped on the first peak (the
one that looks like the main peak from the ridge) , We went
to the Avenues Twin Peaks afterward.
Denyse and Roujia in front of the Wasatch Mountains.
Looking northeast to Little Black Mountain.
Indian Paintbrush along the trail to Little Black Mountain, Jared
is at the top of the hill.
From Little Black Mountain looking west to the Great Salt Lake and
Antelope Island.
From the top of Little Black Mountain looking south to Mount Olympus,
Twin Peaks (Broads Fork) and Lone Peak.
Looking south to Red Butte.
Jared on top of Little Black Mountain in front of the Great Salt
Lake and Antelope Island.
Denyse and Roujia climbing down from Little Black Mountain,
the canyon below is City Creek Canyon.
Going down Little Black Mountain Ridge,
at the end of the ridge is the Avenues Twin Peaks.
From the Avenues Twin Peaks looking west to Ensign Peak,
The Great Salt Lake, and Stansbury Island.
From the Avenues Twin Peaks looking toward downtown Salt Lake City.
From the Avenues Twin Peaks looking toward downtown
Salt Lake City and the Oquirrh Mountains.
To see some animals from this area click here: Avenues
Animals
Special Thanks to Jared, Denyse and Roujia
Message Board
Page Posts: 5
NAME
CITY
DATE
yoni larios
guatemala
2009-01-11
I love your pictures they keep me updated about a place that use to be my home for 10 wonderfull years
Mindy
Ontario, Ohio
2007-07-01
This makes me want to move back to Utah. Nothing more beautiful!
Jean
Nogal NM
2007-02-13
Are these pictures for sale? I like 2 Looking north at Dude peak and looking northeast at little black mountain.
david
Bennion
2005-02-08
Is there a way to learn all the names of all the peaks in Salt Lake Valley looking from the west bench east?
Ann-Marie
West Valley City
2005-01-31
I have lived here all my life and for hiking always went to Brighton, Alta or up Mirror Lake way. I had no idea there were such wonderful places to hike so close to the city. I love visiting your site. The pictures are wonderful. I would like to hike this Little Black Mountain trail. How do I find it?
