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Doughnut Falls is a waterfall in the Big Cottonwood Canyon near Silver Fork, south of Midvale in Salt Lake County, Utah. [1] Access to Chocolate Falls is from the Mill D Trailhead towards the Jordan Pines picnic area. The waterfall plunges into a pothole that has access under the arch of rock with a view up at the falls falling into the pool.
A snowy winter view of the canyon Lake Blanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon, c. 1869. Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. [2] The 15-mile (24 km)-long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping, and fishing in the summer.
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains to Little Cottonwood Creek, whereas the north slope drains to Big Cottonwood Creek, and both creeks flow west to the Jordan River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,475 feet (1,364 meters) above Little Cottonwood Canyon in 1.4 mile (2.25 km).
The prairie road trip continues from Nebraska to Kansas. Drive to Cottonwood Falls in the Flint Hills to see bison or hike at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
The Hike: Kings Creek Falls Trail. Walk along Lower Kings Creek Meadow past California red firs that are permanently bowed from heavy snow in the winter (yearly snowpack can be as deep as 15 feet ...
Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway: 19.93 32.07 Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway: 0 0 Bigfoot Scenic Byway: 146.51 235.78 Bighorn Scenic Byway: 0 0 Black River Scenic Byway: 11.33 18.23 CR 204 & CR 513 near Bessemer: Black River Harbor June 20, 1992: Runs parallel to the Black River in the Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of ...
Solitude Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in the Big Cottonwood Canyon of the Wasatch Mountains, thirty miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah.With 66 trails, [1] 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) and 2,047 feet (624 m) vertical, Solitude is one of the smaller ski resorts near Salt Lake City, along with its neighbor Brighton.
Flooding is relatively rare for this creek. In the summer of 2010, Big Cottonwood Creek hit 4.1 feet (1.2 m) above the waterline. The flood stage for the urban waterways is 4.2 feet (1.3 m). [7] Big Cottonwood Canyon and the surrounding Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest have a long history of resource use and development.