Save Our Canyons - Rules and Restrictions

These are rules that apply to all wilderness areas.

Motorized equipment is prohibited.
Equipment used for mechanical transport are prohibited.
Motor vehicles, motor boats, bikes, carts, gliders, wagons and the landing of aircraft and helicopters are all prohibited.

Group cannot exceed 10 people.
Must camp 200 feet or farther from trail or source of water.
Camp 100 feet from other campsites.
Maximum stay at one campsite is 3 days.
No short cutting switchbacks.
Must pack out garbage, waste and debris.
Camping is restricted ½ mile from Big Cottonwood Highway and Mill Creek Canyon Road, 200 feet from any trail or source of water and 100 feet from any other campers.
Campfires are prohibited ½ mile from Big Cottonwood Highway and Mill Creek Canyon Road.
Dogs are prohibited on the Big Cottonwood side of the wilderness area.
Dogs must be under verbal control or leashed on the Mill Creek Canyon side of Mount Olympus and leashed on even numbered days of the month in Salt Lake County. This is a Salt Lake City ordinance.
Bathing, swimming and wading in bodies of water on the Big Cottonwood side of the wilderness area is prohibited.
Pack out waste, do not leave it in a wilderness area.
Pack or saddle stock cannot be restrained within 200 feet of water on the Mill Creek side of the wilderness.
Pack and saddle stock are prohibited in the Big Cottonwood side of the wilderness.

Parts of this Wilderness lay within watershed areas, so there are special concerns to remember when in this area. Watershed rules to follow are:

No dogs or domesticated animals.
Must camp 200 feet or farther from any body of water.
No swimming, bathing, or washing clothing, utensils and other products.
It is prohibited to pollute or allow pollution in any body of water.
To deposit human excreta within the watershed area other than into approved toilets is prohibited.

To learn more about why wilderness rules are placed:

Rules and Restrictions