Join us on the trails for one of our 2026 community hikes! 🌺🍄🟫🦅✨
4/18 | Mental Health Benefits of Trails with Dru White
About: Join Trails Utah for a welcoming community hike focused on mental health and well-being, led by Dru White and Trails Utah’s Sarah Bennett, Sarah Morton, and Cassie Peterinelli.
When: Saturday, April 18, 2026.
Led by: Trails Utah + Dru White
Type: Community event
5/16 | Blooms in the Foothills: Hike with a Red Butte Garden Botanist 🌸
About: This hike is a chance to spend a few hours on the trail learning about the plants and spring blooms that shape the foothills.
When: Saturday, May 16, 2026.
Where: Foothills behind Red Butte Garden & the Natural History Museum
Led by: Trails Utah + Red Butte Garden’s Jason Baker
Type: Community event
About: Join a volunteer effort to help restore native ecology at Parley’s Pointe Trail! We will be planting native cactus species under the guidance of restoration ecologists.
When: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Where: Parley’s Pointe Trail, Arcadia Heights Trailhead
Led by: Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands
Type: Volunteer event
About: Come stoke your trail fire with a night of endurance, strength, dust and grit at the SLC stop of the Trail Running Film Festival!
When: Friday, June 19, 2026
Where: Highland High School Auditorium
Led by: Salt Lake Running Company
Type: Partner event
Salt Lake Running Company (SLRC) will be donating proceeds from the event to Trails Utah—THANK YOU, SLRC!
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About: Spend a summer morning on the trail learning about mushrooms, forest ecology, and the conditions that help fungi thrive in the Wasatch.
When: Saturday, July 18, 2026.
Led by: Trails Utah + Utah Mushroom Society
Type: Community event
About: Join Trails Utah and Salty Star Run Club for an evening hike timed around sunset, followed by time to pause, take in the night sky, and head back down together.
When: Sunday, August 8, 2026.
Led by: Trails Utah + Salty Star Run Club
Type: Community event
About: Fall is raptor migration season, making this a great time to learn more about birds of prey and the landscapes they move through. This event will begin with a live-bird presentation at the trailhead, followed by a community hike with time for bird spotting and trail-based learning along the way.
When: Saturday, September 12, 2026.
Led by: Trails Utah + HawkWatch
Type: Community event
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