Reynolds Peak Wasatch Mountains

Several trails could access this peak. The fastest and easiest is probably from Mill Creek Canyon but they charge money to go up there. I chose a longer but more gradual ascent from Big Cottonwood Canyons Mill D Trailhead. It's a nice trail as it climbs above the highway and goes into Mill D North Fork Creek. We even passed a trail crew. At 1.8 miles is a signed trail split. The Desolation Trail goes right and Dog Lake goes left. The 0.58 miles to Dog Lake has a few short steep sections but if a 3 year old makes it...well. About half the route is shaded. At Dog Lake, we saw about 8 dogs on a Wednesday, what's it like on the weekend? They all come up from Mill Creek Canyon as this trail from Big Cottonwood is in the Salt Lake Watershed and dogs are prohibited. At the lake, follow the trail around the south shore up to a meadow just above the lake. Here the trail splits in 5 directions. Two trails go right, one to a nice camping spot the other continues. Follow it about 2 minutes until hitting a saddle on the north ridge of Reynolds Peak. Look for a faint trail climbing up directly toward the peak. It's overgrown in places but the tread is good. Follow it up to the summit.

Reynolds Peak has a nice position between Big Cottonwood Canyon and Mill Creek Canyon, with a trail to the top just above the very popular Dog Lake, so it gets climbed often.