Moss Ledge Waterfall and Picnic Area — Attraction in Cottonwood Heights

Keep in mind, the parking lot is quite small and kind of hard to miss. This “hike” was interesting, if you can even call it a hike 😅. I enjoyed it, don’t get me wrong, but you’re essentially just rock scrambling all the way up until you get to the falls. There’s no direct dirt path up, you have to essentially make your own way up. It feels like you’re “lost” but if you just keep going up and follow the water, you’ll get to the waterfall. It only took me 25 minutes to get to the falls, it’s not a hard hike, but it is not kid or elderly friendly at all with the amount of rock scrambling...

I absolutely love this trail. I have been taking my daughter to this trail since she was 4 years old. We found it by chance, pulling off to the side of the canyon to see what we could find and we loved it. The water when you first climb up is very shallow and then if you want to adventure higher you can climb even higher up into the canyon to see the waterfalls. The rocks up there are very Mossy and slippery so I would recommend wearing the proper shoes if you were going to hike. On/Up the waterfall area but great views, great Hang out spots, and it's...

At the risk of destroying the peaceful serenity of an amazingly secluded hike and waterfall, this was a hidden gem. I've done a few different hikes in big cottonwood and always bypassed this little area not thinking anything of it. But at least in late July it was a wonderful hike that you could follow basically a continual waterfall all the way to the terminus of moss ledge. It isn't a hard hike and not tons of climbing but it might take a bit of heart and dexterity and numberless to make it to an...