There's a great book on hikes in the area called "Cache Trails - 2004 Edition" by Jim Sinclair that is available at the Book Table and other places. The only thing that I thought would be a nice addition to it is a chart listing the hikes by difficulty, so that is what is below. Hikes are grouped below by difficulty, then the hike name, then its number from the book so you can easily find out about it. As I do the hikes, I've added a blurb about the hike along with a photo when I thought to take a photo. Just click on the hike name if it's in red. Plus, if you would like to write up a short description of a hike, and send in a photo, please do!

Easy
	Five Hills Hike (35) Limber Pine Trail (16) Rick's Canyon Trail (13) Temple Fork Sawmill and Spawn Creek Trails (14) Willow Creek to Little Cottonwood Creek Loop Trail (11)
Easy to Moderate
	Bunchgrass Creek Trail (24) Sink Hollow Trail (28) Steam Mill Canyon to Steep Hollow Trail (26) Wind Caves and Wind Cave Way Trails (17)
Moderate
	Blind Hollow Trail (19) Card Canyon Trail (10) Crimson Trail / Riverside Trail (9) Ephraim's Grave / Steel Hollow Trail (12) Jardine Juniper Trail (18) Leatham Hollow Trail (5) Naomi Peak Trail (21) Richards Hollow Trail (6) Stump Hollow - Turkey Trail - Little Bear (15) Wellsville Ridge Trail (4) White Pine Lake Trail (20)
Moderate to Strenuous
	High Creek and North Fork Trails (38) Preston Valley Trail (31) Steam Mill Canyon Trail (25)
Strenuous
	Birch Canyon Trail (34) Bloomington Lake via Willow Flat Trail (39) Cherry Creek Canyon Trail (37) Cherry Peak From Naomi Ridge Trail (22) Deep Canyon Trail (3) Green Canyon / Mt. Elmer Trail (32) Logan Dry Canyon / Syncline Trail (7) Providence Canyon Trail (under 8) Rattlesnake Canyon Trail (1) Smithfield Canyon Trail (36) Smithfield Dry Canyon (33) Steep Hollow Trail (27) Stewart Pass Trail (2) Tony Grove to Wood Camp Hollow / Green Canyon (23)
Very Strenuous
	Logan Peak from Logan Dry Canyon (under 8) Logan Peak from Spring Hollow (under 8)
Easy-Moderate & Strenuous
	Bloomington Lake from Danish Pass Trail (29) Swan Peak Trail (30)
Below are hike descriptions by people who have done them. Click on a photo to enlarge it for a better view.
Limber Pine Trail- A fun hike to take with the kids. It's not just a little nature trail, however, so be prepared for some easy climbing. When we went at the beginning of June, there were numerous windfalls, with trees over the trail. Some climbing over or under them was in order. Perhaps they are cut up and out of the way by now. There were also some large patches of snow which some of our group had to stop at and make snow angels. There is an actual Limber Pine tree that is the highlight of the hike. It was quite huge and gnarly and surrounded by a fence. There is a little viewing platform nearby. Then the trail continues on and eventually joins the trail you came up on, making a lovely loop. There are occasional glimpses of Bear Lake, and some other spectacular views elsewhere on the trail. Temple Fork Sawmill- The hike up to the Temple Fork Sawmill was beautiful. It is an easy hike with only a few short bits of steepish hills. The rest of the hike is a very gradual uphill climb but not difficult. You hike along a stream which even in September had water flowing down, and there are many beaver dams along it. The sound and beauty of the stream is very pleasant. At the sawmill site there is a monument and also a historical panel telling the story behind the sawmill and also includes a photograph of when the sawmill was in operation. There is no other evidence that a sawmill was ever there that I could see. The monument has a collection of rusty bits of metal that people have found and placed on the top, which also has an old wagon wheel embedded in it. Wind Caves- You learn from the sign at the beginning of this hike that the caves weren't formed from wind, but from water, which was a little disappointing, since I somehow thought maybe some lovely sound would come down with the wind. But I digress. This is a hike that is doable for the older folk like me, but it still required me to stop and rest frequently. The first part of the hike is in some beautiful woodland, which was especially enjoyable on the downhill stretch when we were hot and tired. There is a spring that needs crossing via rocks and fallen trees, so a steady foot (or helpful hand) is needed. The spring is usually dried up by late summer. After the woodlands are switchbacks that are out in the open, with an occasional tree to shade the hot and weary. You then go around a little, I don't know, I guess you'd call it a large gully, and from there it's an easy bit to the caves. The caves are a great place for a lunch, with wonderful views. The caves are more like a very wide arch once you get there, not very cavelike at all. The surefooted don't have any problem clambering down into the cave, but it was a slow go for me with my slippery shoes and the steep cave floor. Crimson Trail- Jim Sinclair's book called this a Moderate Hike. I suppose if you take an average of the switchbacks and the relatively flat trail along the China Wall, then it qualifies. I'm not much of a hiker, but do try to get out to a couple of them in the summer. The beginning of this trail, with all its switchbacks, was a good huffer and puffer for me. But beautiful views near the top made it all worthwhile. Then the easy part along the China Wall was quite pleasant. Nearly the entire trail was in the shade of the morning, and surprisingly lots of it was from trees. When I've climbed the Wind Caves trail (the caves are across Logan Canyon from the Crimson Trail), I'd always hesitated to do the Crimson Trail when looking across the canyon towards it - it seemed to be quite out in the open. But I was wrong. And it was fun to look across from Crimson and see the pair of caves looking like upside-down cat-eye-type spectacles. The hike down, which ends up making a loop, was fairly steep in several places, and made me look for sturdy plants to hold on to (not really to be found where you need them). When I hiked it in June 2008, I was surprised to meet up with a bunch of people who were running the trail, which was very impressive. We did the hike in about 1-1/2 hours, which isn't bad considering my frequent breath stops. This is called the Crimson Trail because at the turn of the last century there was another college in Cache Valley whose colors were crimson and gold. Every year their senior class would take a hike up this trail, hence the name. Ephraim's Grave- This is a great hike although it was an all-day adventure. During one uphill stretch there are numerous large cairns along the trail which were fun to see but which begged the question of who had the time or inclination to make so many cairns? So we added our own rocks to the piles. Also, when you get to the sink (which is very impressive. I had no idea what a sink of that sort was - it's basically a very deep cave on it's side, heading down, down, down), you most likely will want to toss down a stone to hear how long it takes for it to hit bottom. Be warned, there are no stones anywhere near the sink, so grab a stone back amongst the numerous stones near the cairns. When you get to the saddle mentioned in the book, there is a junction of trails. Be sure to continue straight through the junction and down the hill, which didn't look at all like a trail at first since it went through a very bare depression, where eventually the trail begins its southward turn (we took the southern route from the junction and eventually the trail petered out). Later we came upon a fork and took the left one, and we ended up forging our way down cow trails down the steep hill to the road. We think if we had taken the right fork, it would have been much easier, but until we actually try this hike again (which may never happen), we may never know. When you reach the road head right and after .4 miles you'll reach Ephraim's Grave. A monument is on the left, and the actual location of the kill is on the right side of the road. After you eat lunch, continue on the road, which, by this time in our tiredness, seemed to go on forever, and it was all uphill. Finally you do reach the crest and eventually you will see a nice wide trail/road heading off to the right, but the sign doesn't quite have the right name on it. Pass it by. Continue on down the road and soon you'll come to the correct sign for Steel Hollow. When we saw all the 4-wheelers and trucks who effortlessly drove up to Ephraim's grave, we wondered why in the world did we hike it, but now we can say "We did it!" Jardine Juniper Trailhead- Hike or bike 5.8 miles one-way to see a 3200-year-old juniper. Take US 89 east up Logan Canyon to Wood Camp campground, 10.4 miles from Logan. Go up over the bridge and to the parking area for the trailhead. Beautiful meadows of wild flowers at the start with a gradual slope up the canyon. At some point you'll see a large sign about the National Forest, or some such. Face the sign, and head to your right. Then you head uphill through trees with eventual spectacular views of the canyons, and a pretty little waterfall over some rocks. Near the end you come upon a sign with "Shady" and "Scenic" on it. The shady way seems shorter and is much cooler. The scenic way has the wonderful views, but is more out in the open, something to consider on a hot day. They end up meeting at a side trail that heads down a few switchbacks to the tree. Actually, if you don't desire to do the switchbacks, you can see the tree from the main trail. It is quite gnarly and twisted and has a top-knot of green. There is a bench down by the tree, and a viewing deck. We went in May and there was still a bit of snow over the trail, so boots would be in order at that time of year. Leatham Hollow- This hike was okay, but there was not really anything to recommend it. We even wandered around a bit at the end to see what we could see, and we must not have found the right places to go for any view. But it was a nice hike despite it and we brought down an old motorcycle tire tube that someone had thoughtlessly tossed into a fortunately very supple tree. Richards Hollow- We made this beautiful hike in May when the stream had quite a bit of water in it. Not deep, mind you (although it often went over the tops of my hiking boots), but just enough to make the stream too wide to jump. And with only a few crossings having logs as a bridge, we soon learned to just slog through the water. We counted the number of times we crossed the stream on our way back and learned that we crossed it 19 times - one way! Perhaps in late summer the stream wouldn't be an issue. The waterfall is quite pretty and the scenery was quite stunning. There were some beaver dams towards the top. It amazed me how those little critters could build a dam holding back so much water, but at the same time, water is able to flow freely under/through the dam. Quite the engineers! White Pine Lake- This is a popular hike to bring the kids. The hike to the ridge above the lake is very lovely and not hard at all. The hardest part of this hike is after you've been to the lake and come back, the hike out of the lake's bowl is a bit of a climb, but not too long. This is a beautiful lake, and moose were seen by some bikers in September. There are some campsites here for the hardy, and some great fishing as well. Parking at Tony Grove Lake, where the hike begins, is $3 as of September 2008. Preston Valley Trail- We decided to park a car at the Wind Caves trail head, drive over to Green Canyon to the trailhead, and do the whole hike up Preston Valley Trail and then down the Wind Caves trail. It was a good hike with stunning views of Logan Canyon from the ridge. Bloomington Lake- The book calls this hike strenuous and that is quite accurate. The first little bit of the hike goes along the Cub River and you can hike to the springs, which gushes out of the mountain. The rest of the hike is up, up, up, with very stunning views which are at least a feast for your eyes, since your legs are probably protesting the whole way. Once you reach the ridge with the cemented cairn at the top, it's a much more moderate hike and eventually you head down to a parking area. Then you have a pretty easy jaunt to the large lake itself. There is a rope swing for the hardy and brave to jump into the lake on a hot day. It's a beautiful spot to have lunch. When faced with the long hike back to Willow Flats, we were hoping to hitch a ride with someone who had driven, but reluctantly we decided to face the climb out of the area and head back the way we came. Deep Canyon- . Green Canyon- We didn't go clear up Green Canyon due to time constraints, but did make it a bit past the spring which comes from the pipe in the hill. The water here was very cold and very good. Lots of bees also thought the water was great, but they weren't too much of a problem in getting close to the water to fill up. The beginning of the hike is through beautiful aspens and tall, tall grass, which was thoroughly enjoyable to walk through.