During the winter season, the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation offers public snowshoe tours at Alta and at Spruces Campground! Please see our Events Calendar for dates and registration links.
The Moonlight Tours at Spruces Campground take advantage of the unique opportunity of being in the canyons at night. Join a volunteer naturalist to learn about winter ecology and the nocturnal adaptations of some of the canyon’s most elusive residents. Spruces Campground features gentle, rolling terrain that makes this tour ideal for any participant, whether you are a beginner or an experienced snowshoer.
The Alta Snowshoe Tours highlight the natural history of Little Cottonwood Canyon and the unique history of Alta, Utah. The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation is proud to partner with Alta to offer these guided snowshoe tours through Alta’s famous powder!
Wintertime field trips take place on snowshoes at Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The focus of these school field trips is winter ecology, geology, wildlife, trees and plants, watershed, and human impact. The snowshoes for the field trips are free of charge. These field trips are tailored for 5th grade classes. The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation also has a bus scholarship program, where schools in need can apply for support in covering transportation expenses. Please contact our Education Director, Liz Anderson, for more information.
