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
6/6 | Weed mitigation at Lodestone Mtn. Bike Park 🚵
About: Join a volunteer effort to clear the weeds at Lodestone Mountain Bike Park!
When: Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 9 a.m.
Where: Lodestone Regional Park | Meet near the tennis courts. Can’t be there right at 9am? Find the WGC Hawaiian jerseys, and you’ll find us!
Led by: Trails Utah & The West Granite Composite (WGC) Mountain Bike Team
Type: Volunteer event
6/19 | Trail Running Film Festival w/ SLRC 🏃♀️
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!
If you’re in the market for a new pair of running shoes, we highly recommend giving SLRC a look. Their Free Stride Analysis helps match the right pair of shoes and insoles to your feet to ensure a comfortable fit, provide pain relief, reduce the risk of injury, and boost performance. 🫶
7/16 | Trail work at Grandeur Peak
About: Join Trails Utah and CCF for a trail work day at Grandeur Peak (west face)!
When: Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 8 a.m. – noon
Where: Grandeur Peak (west face)
Led by: Trails Utah & the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation
Type: Volunteer event
Select July 16th as your activity date at the end of the registration process.
Btw, if you’d like to register for the August 22nd planting day w/ CCF, you can do so via the above link. Simply select your preferred activity dates at the end of the process.
8/9 | Stargazing Hike with Salty Star Run Club ✨
About: Join Trails Utah and Salty Star Run Club for a hike timed around sunset to Twin Lakes, followed by an evening of stargazing under one of the darkest skies of the month at Brighton.
When: Sunday, August 9, 2026.
Led by: Trails Utah + Salty Star Run Club
Type: Community event
About: Join Trails Utah and the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation (CCF) for a day of weed mitigation on the Ferguson Canyon section of BST.
When: Saturday, August 22, 2026.
Led by: Trails Utah + Cottonwood Canyons Foundation (CCF)
Type: Volunteer event
Select August 22nd as your activity date at the end of the registration process.
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
About: Help restore the Bonneville Fire burn area by planting native cacti with Salt Lake City Public Lands. Together, we’ll help reduce erosion, restore native vegetation, and improve wildlife habitat.
When: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026
Where: Near the University of Utah
Led by: Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands
Type: Volunteer event
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