Bells Canyon

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Bells is a classic SLC hike. Just south of Little Cottonwood, there are three ways to begin the hike (off of 9400 S, off of Wasatch and through a neighborhood in between). Once up to the first reservoir you cut to the left and the main trail starts soon after. It took us about an hour this time to get from the car to the 1st waterfall but we've done it as quick as 45 minutes (we hiked past a few runners!). The second waterfall is only another 20 or so. The upper reservoir is a good hour farther and the top of the canyon is a good 2 hours from the upper waterfall. You basically go from Sandy to the top of the Wasatch if you get to the top. I've only done the full canyon on the way down after the beatout hike but it was a pretty awesome upper canyon which gets seen by very few.

The most recent hike we did was April 26 but I am a slacker so just posting now.

View from lower reservoir:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/bellscanyon1.jpg

Just below the first waterfall looking down on Sandy:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/bellscanyon.jpg

Waterfall 1:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/bellscanyon2.jpg