Grandeur Peak

"Bagged Grandeur Peak today, 7/6 The road to the main trailhead parking lot is open 8am-10pm, and if you're like me, you prefer to start your longer hikes before then. Well I didn't actually know it would be closed, but I would have made the same decision had I known. My parking on the road was about .5 mile away from the trailhead, and that was a very uphill walk. It was worth it though, because there were several waterfalls on the way from the main road to the trailhead, that I wouldn't have been able to fully appreciate from inside the car. My total mileage was 8.3, Vert 2,584." — ghostofsws • Jul 6, 2025

"The gate was closed to the Church Fork trailhead, so we hiked from the highway, adding about 0.25 miles each way. The water coming out of Church Fork is crazy! Beautiful falls at the lower elevations. Spikes and trekking poles are necessary, at least for the next few weeks. With the amount of water, mud, ice, and snow on the trail, it was not impossible but made it more challenging than it would have been otherwise. Some post-holing in spots. Amazing views at the top!" — BENTHEREDONETHAT • Apr 29, 2023

"Perfect November day, sunny and pleasant weather the whole time. Trail in great condition; amazing views of SLC. Not too steep at any point, but steady climb most of the way up. " — andrewmadsen • Nov 7, 2021

"Went up the West Face and down Church Fork. Shuttled cars back to start. Brutally windy for first hour then it cleared up for a really nice morning! Ice on the way down in many spots, slippery. " — hanyo66 • Dec 2, 2020

"Took an early Memorial Day morning hike up Grandeur Peak. Cloud cover throughout the hike, though it never got overly muggy. Views from the summit were limited because of cloud cover, but when there were periodic breaks it made the views epic. A lot of people on the trail, particularly when I was heading down (around 9:00 AM)." — JimmyUtah • May 28, 2018

"First mountain summit of the year. On a trail run with some friends from SLC while passing through town. More details on my training/peak bagging on my website: www.gorunpure.com" — Josh.C.Arthur • Apr 24, 2013

"Made a trip up to Salt Lake to pick up the family and all our furnishings to take down to Arizona. While I was in town I wanted to get a climb in. I took Taylor and Scott Wilson out on a beautiful day. This was Scott's first summit. We made the summit with winter conditions in 2:30. I believe this was Taylor's 8th summit. Hopefully I'll be back in April to take Scott up Mt. Olympus." — darinwilson • Mar 10, 2013

"Made a trip up to get out of the inversion. Really bad air in the valley. When I made the descent as I came back into the bad air the temperature dropped at least 10-15 degrees. First summit of 2013!" — darinwilson • Jan 6, 2013

"Summit with Taylor, Talon, and Cole. My goal was to make the summit in under 2 hours. We took one short break and made the summit in 1:58. Not bad for these little guys. It was Taylor's 3rd summit, Cole's 2nd, and Talon's 2nd. We made a fast descent of about an hour. I told them I had a surprise for them when we get down. Once we made it to the bottom I told them the surprise was that we were going to head back up. They didn't like that idea. I'm actually going to do Grandeur Peak twice in one day in the near future. I have not done this yet. Fun day!" — darinwilson • Oct 7, 2012

"Summited mid-day with my girlfriend and dog. There is a lot of southern exposure on the trail, and the rock heats up pretty good by 10am, so I'd suggest either leaving the dog at home or using dog booties. The trail was starting to bother my dog by the time we made our descent. " — John7050 • Jul 9, 2012