Trail Run or Hike Lambs Canyon

Salt Lake City, Utah

3.5/5

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Distance

4 miles

Elevation Gain

1531 ft

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Out-and-Back

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Lambs Canyon is an awesome 4 miles out-and-back trail you are sure to fall in love with. It doesn't get very much sunlight so it stays perfectly cool during all seasons. This trail leads through dense spruces and aspens giving you that feeling of really being out in the woods.

Take I-80 East through Parley's Canyon and get off at the Lambs Canyon Exit. Stay right off the exit and start heading up the canyon. You will follow the road 1.5 miles. You will see the trail head on the right side of the road with a small area to park on the left next to the bathrooms.

The trail is pretty gradual but gets slightly steep at some points. After traveling 2 miles to the top of Lambs, you can either drop into Millcreek Canyon or you can turn around and head back the way you came. It's a pretty non-technical trail, allowing you to climb and descend as fast as you want.

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Trail Run or Hike Lambs Canyon Reviews

Hunter Davis

Scout

Trail Run or Hike Lambs Canyon

05/06/26

First thinga first, we went may 6 2026 and the trail head is only open to Utah residents. Everyone else has to hike an additional 1.5 mile one way (3miles total) just to get to the trailhead. The first 1.5 miles is blacktop, and gains about 2000ft in elevation. Then you start heading up a trail that is marked pretty good. We went about 2 miles up into the trail before turing around. We never saw the pass, but there were lots of trees down coving the path becaue it was early season. Overall it was a fine hike. Views were fine. If we could have started at the trailhead it would have been a cool hike I think.

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Melissa Marsted

Wayfinder

Trail Run or Hike Lambs Canyon

09/10/20

I live about six miles from the Lambs Canyon exit so I hike/run this trail about once a month. It is a really great trail in the summer because it is very well shaded. It is almost exactly two miles to the top with gorgeous views into Millcreek Canyon. I have hiked the Mount Aire Trail from the Millcreek Canyon side which is equally stunning. It's on my bucket list to hike up and over as a shuttle or round trip for an eight mile hike. I highly recommend Lambs Canyon which I consider off the beaten path. Definitely a favorite, quiet hike.

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