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Bells Canyon in pictures

From the valley overlooks to the alpine tarn under Lone Peak — freely licensed photographs of the canyon through the seasons. Click any photo to view it large.

Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir at low autumn water level, surrounded by golden scrub oak and maple — Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir at low autumn water, ringed in gold. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

Gravel trail leading through sagebrush and scrub oak toward the snow-dusted granite peaks of Bells Canyon — Heading up-canyon through the scrub toward the granite headwall. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

View west over the Salt Lake Valley from the lower Bells Canyon trail — The Salt Lake Valley spread out below the first switchbacks. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

Granite cliffs rising above golden autumn foliage in Bells Canyon — Granite walls above fall color in the lower canyon. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

Bells Canyon Creek flowing over boulders through shaded forest — Bells Canyon Creek threads the boulders in the shady mid-canyon. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

White aspen trunks beside the creek in Bells Canyon — Aspen light along the creek corridor. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

Whitewater cascading between granite boulders on Bells Canyon Creek — The creek tumbles ledge to ledge between the waterfalls. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

A waterfall spreading over polished granite slabs in Bells Canyon — Water fans over the polished granite slabs — beautiful, and notoriously slick. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

Shadowed granite walls of Bells Canyon under an evening sky — Evening shadow on the canyon's granite ramparts. JacquesDemien, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (public domain)

Upper Bells Canyon Reservoir, a small alpine tarn surrounded by granite slabs and pines — Upper Bells Canyon Reservoir — the alpine tarn at 9,388 ft. Andrey Zharkikh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Panorama of upper Bells Canyon with granite benches, pines, and Lone Peak on the skyline — The upper canyon in summer — Lone Peak (11,253 ft) on the skyline at upper right. Andrey Zharkikh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

The sheer granite walls of the Lone Peak cirque with lingering snowfields — Lone Peak's granite cirque — the wall standing above the upper basin. Derrellwilliams, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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