I went hiking with my church friends on Sunday (5/22) afternoon. The trailhead called Rattlesnake Gulch is 0.7 mile from the fee station at the Millcreek Canyon. The name sounds scary, but we didn't encounter any snakes on the trail. The first 0.6 mile on the trail gains the most elevation (around 700 feet). Then you will be at the trail junction. Take the left (going west) on the Pipeline trail. It is about a mile to the Salt Lake valley lookout. There were lots of wild flowers called arrowleaf balsamroot at the lookout. You get a awesome view of the valley (west) and snow-capped Mt. Olympus (southeast). Some indian paintbrushes were blooming on Pipeline trail as well at this time of year.
