Snowshoeing at Big Springs Hallow

March 3rd, 2006 Summit

A good place to snowshoe is also up Provo Canyon at the Big Spring Hallow. Go to the Vivian park turn off, cross the train tracks and then follow the road that curves to the left. This is the South Fork Road. About 3-4 miles up the road, after passing one park on the right, there will be a sign (also on the right) titled Big Spring Hallow. It is a National Forest access road. This road ends after a few hundred yards at a big parking lot. This is the trail head for the Big Spring Hallow hike. It’s about 3.5 miles round trip. It is a well used trail and usually so packed that you don’t need snowshoes. That was disappointing for me but you can always go off trail.

Once you reach Big Spring Hallow is where the fun begins. This is where people usually turn around so after this is all pretty virgin snow. When my wife and I did this hike we got to this point and then started hiking around anywhere we wanted to. This is where we had the most fun.

After messing around at the Big Spring Hallow for a while we turned back. There is, however, a trial that keeps going and eventually leads all the way around to Rock Canyon. I think this trail is 14 miles. I also heard that you can get some good snowshoeing in if you stop at the park on the way up to Big Springs.

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