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A free guide to 15 great Utah hikes to get you out there and enjoy Utah!

This app covers hikes for different interests and abilities in the Wasatch Mountains (Lone Peak, Box Elder, Willard/Ben Lomond, Timpanogos), Uinta Mountains (Kings Peak, Amethyst Lake), Stansbury Mountains (Deseret Peak), the San Rafael Swell (Mexican Mountain), Arches National Park (Delicate Arch), The La Sal Mountains (Horse Mountain), Zion National Park (Angels Landing), Capitol Reef (Hickman Bridge, Upper Muley Twist), and Snow Canyon State Park (Hidden Pinyon/3 Ponds).

HikeUtah is available for iPhone OS 3.0 or later, and Android 2.1 or later.

Android Market

FREE!

Utah’s Incredible Backcountry: Zion, Bryce and Capitol Reef (New!)

These hikes are from Utah’s own David Day, author of dozens of hiking guide books.

Hikes in Zion include The Narrows, East Rim, West rim, The Left Fork (Subway), Hop Valley and Kolob Arch, and the Middle Fork of Taylor Creek.

Bryce covers 4 loop hikes: Peekabook, Fairyland, Queen’s Garden and Riggs’ Spring.

Capitol Reef has Hickman Bridge and Navajo Knobs; Chimney Rock and Spring Canyon; Cohab Canyon, Frying Pan Trail and Cassidy Arch; the Upper Muley Twist; and the Lower Muley Twist.

iPhone OS 3.0 or later or Android 2.1 or later.

$3.99

Utah High Points (New)

Become an adventurer and find your way to the highest spot in each of Utah’s 29 counties. On your quest you can get to know Utah’s famous ranges, like the Uintas and the Wasatch, but also discover lesser-known 12,000-footers in the La Sal mountains, Tushars, and Deep Creeks. Hiking these peaks is fun, and so is getting to know Utah as you track them down. The drive on the old Pony Express trail, and the hamlet of Callao, with no paved roads in or out, is also a great trip. Other great mountain ranges include the Henry Mountains, Boulder Mountain, Fish Lake Hightop (and Fish Lake is also a great place to visit), the Raft River Range (Utah’s other east-west range), the Bear River Mountains, the Stansbury Range, the Pine Valley Mountains and the Markagunt Plateau.

iPhone OS 3.0 or later or Android 2.1 or later.

Android Market

$4.99

David Day’s ArchesCanyonlands (New!)

Get to know the great and varied hikes around Moab, Utah. Some of the best jaw-dropping treks the southwest has to offer: alpine vistas, spectacular redrock terrain, multicolored spires, archeological sites, captivating pictographs, old cowboy camps, a huge and isolated impact crater, the confluence of the mighty Colorado and Green rivers and more. Discover the great backcountry in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, as well as some classics near Moab.

Arches hikes include the Devils Garden Trail, Delicate Arch and Lower Courthouse Wash.

Around Moab, check out Negro Bill Canyon, Fisher Towers, and the La Sal Mountain’s towering Tukuhnikivatz

In Canyonlands Island in the Sky District try out Alcove Spring, Murphy Trail, Upheaval Dome (just go there now!); in the Needles District give these trails a foot massage: Big Spring Canyon, Chesler Park, Confluence Overlook, Druid Arch, Lost Canyon Loop, Peekaboo Trail, Salt Creek (arches and Ancient Puebloan ruins and old ranches abound). You could spend a month there if you felt like it.

iPhone OS 3.0 or later or Android 2.1 or later.

Android Market

$3.99

My Hikes

• Trail guides for all hikes covered
• A wishlist lets you keep a list of the hikes you’re interested in
• The complete list shows all the hikes included with the app, as well as hikes you’ve created
• A summary describes the hike’s attractions and challenges
• Trail facts: starting and maximum elevations; distance; difficulty; coordinates for the trailhead, summit or feature of interest; what area the hike is in and the government service the manages the area
• Photos of sights along the trail
• Trail map
• A detailed trail description
• Driving directions to the nearest trailhead and the nearest town
• Background, camping options, tips and precautions

• Email hikes, plans and HikeLogs to friends, family and colleagues
• Post HikeLogs on facebook, or just post an update of what you’re doing or thinking about
• *facebook integration is only available on iPhone versions

Planning

• Create trek plans that have the hikes you’d like to do, when you’d like to go, and with whom you’d like to go
• Email plans to your hiking buddies

Area Map

• A map of Utah has hikes represented by moki balls, small ferrous spheres that form in the red rock country
• Tap a ball to find the name of the hike, and tap the disclosure button to get all the details of the hike

Guide

• Safety tips
• A summary of the difficulty ratings in the guide
• Advice on how to tread lightly

HikeLogs

• Keep track of what hikes you’ve done, who you did them with and when you did them. Add photos of the hike
• Email HikeLogs to friends, and post the logs, with photos, on facebook

• Create checklists so that you can make sure to have the right stuff while you’re on the trail. Have one list for summer trek, another for winter, and others for whatever you think of
• (coming soon) Integration with Todo, Appigo‘s blockbuster task and checklist management application
• Easy add, delete and move of items make it easy to fine-tune your checklists
• Choose from your list of checklists for any plan you put together
• Email checklists to friends
• You can create several lists, and choose the right one for any trip plan you make.