Willow Lake is a very popular, quick hike up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It has beautiful views, fall colors are a little bit hanging on, but mostly gone. The lake is also nonexistent at this point, just mud. It is pretty easy, doable for most. There are a couple of steeper sections. The trail was a little wet with some mucky spots to step around.
We did go up above the lake area too.
We tracked this at just about 3.5 miles, we always wander around though 🙂
*Photos are from October 26, 2026!
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More info here:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/willow-lake-trail
