The Living Room Hike

The living room is a viewpoint that overlooks downtown salt lake city.

The living room hike.

This weekend though we decided to take the plunge. However lots of people find this place because it s a cool place for the college kids to spend a weekend evening no parents. I ve had my eye on the living room hike on the bench above the red butte gardens for over a year now but it seemed a little difficult for my kids. Dogs are also able to use this trail.

The trailhead is near the natural history museum of utah just off the bonneville shoreline trail. Red butte canyon through which the hike begins is. The living room hiking trail this is slc initiation by a little bit trick to find trail. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from march until november.

At the viewpoint you ll see furniture created by other hikers out of the large flat sandstone slabs. One of the better short hikes to a prominent viewpoint above the salt lake valley it s easy to see why this route is popular most of the year. Head up towards the mouth of. This 1 25 mile hike up red butte ridge ascends 980 feet and takes hikers to a vantage point known to locals as the living room that features slabs of sandstone arranged as furniture.

There are several chairs and couches complete with armrests and ottomans. My wife and i started out around 9 10am and easily made our way up to the fantastic view of salt lake city. The living room trail was a blast.