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Show Salt Lake Canyon Tour Gets Into Cool Country East of Salt Lake City are six "get away" canyons that offer pine forest, Streams, hiking and lush meadows just right for picnics pic-nics or relaxing. And they're all just minutes from the center of the city. City Creek Canyon begins behind the Capitol Building and extends five miles to Rotary Ro-tary Park. Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., during summer. Emigration' Canyon was the last major obstacle for Mormon Pioneers coining into in-to the Salt Lake Valley, :but now has private homes, numerous historical monuments, monu-ments, "This Is The Place" Monument ana Hogle Zo near the mouth of the canyon. No overnight camping. 1-80 runs through the heart of Parley"s Canyon for easy access to favorite picnic spots at George Washington Grove and golfing at Mountain Moun-tain Dell half way up the canyon. Gorgoza ' winter sports area near summit has skiing, tobogganing and sledding. sled-ding. Mill Creek Canyon is a good picnic area plus hiking to several small lakes. Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch National Forest For-est is strikingly similar to the Swiss Alps. At the top of the 15 -mile canyon a;e skiing at Brighton and Solitude Soli-tude Resorts. Overnight camping at the Spruces and accommodations at Brighton. Brigh-ton. Little Cottonwood Canyon is the remains of a glacier that formed the U-shaped mouth. A t the top are Alia and. Snowbird Ski Resorts (overnight accommodations; that have akiing in the winter win-ter and good take-off points for summer hiking and picnicking. pic-nicking. Motels - Hotels 135 in Salt Lake City proper, ski resorts. Roads All paved .well marked. Camping Sites Tanner's Flat (Little Cottonwood Can-yen), Can-yen), Salt Lake City 20. More Information Utah Travel Council, Council Ha'.l Capitol Hill Salt Lake City, Utah 84114. |