Rock Canyon Trail is a 5.5 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Provo, Utah that features a river and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail.
The parking lot is perched up on the hill as you continue along E 2300 N. There are 2 tiers of parking lots, and you can usually find a spot. Occasionally the lot will be full, but there is nearby street-side parking.
Look for the Rock Canyon Trailhead Park, not to be confused with Rock Canyon Park. The Trailhead Park is often confused with the Park at Rock Canyon where there is a large grassy hill called The Bowl. You want to go to the parking lot area that you see in the Aerial view.
Very slushy and slippery right now. Proceed with caution and good shoes!
Good hike. Great scenery. Slush and mud up to the green gate then hard packed snow after. Was able to do it fine without spikes.
Great trail, pretty quiet once you get about a mile or so into it. Beautiful with the snow. Well traveled and marked trail.
This was one of the prettiest winter hikes!! Definitely recommend spikes for this one. It’s icy until you get about 2 miles in!
It was decently warm so the first half mile was pretty slushy. After that it was nice trail conditions—packed snow, not too slick or chunky. Great for sledding!
Fun. Icy in spots down lower - yaktrax definitely would help. All snow pack up higher.
Trail is icy just below and just above the green gate. Then it's nicely snowpacked the rest of the way. Spikes/yak trax are definitely helpful but I saw many doing ok without them.
Icy up to the gate and a little further. Would recommend crampons, but there were plenty of hikers without. Snow packed trail the rest of the way. Very enjoyable hike. Surprised at how many others were enjoying it as well.
Beautiful day in one of my favorite canyons. Trail is icy near the bottom and snow packed the rest of the way to the campground so spikes were appreciated. Wish I'd brought my sled for the downhill but an amazing hike today that felt like Christmas.
Such pretty views on this hike! Uneven paving, so watch your footing. But so much fun and great for kiddos.