Salt Lake City is on the eastern edge of the Great Basin, with the Wasatch Mountains on the eastern edge of SLC being considered part of the Rocky Mountains, and the Salt Lake Valley as a classic basin in the Basin & Range topography.
In the northeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley is the University of Utah, with foothills of the Wasatch just east of the campus.
I hiked up a short canyon and then circled back to the west, climbing the foothill where the "U" on the hill is located.
Looking south over the foothills toward Lone Peak, a 11,000 foot peak SE of SLC:
From on top of the foothill, looking west over the northern foothills, to the Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island in the background:
The western flank of Mount Olympus, and Lone Peak. If you look closely, you can see the small glacier on Lone Peak's northeastern exposure:
U of U Health Sciences Center:
In the northeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley is the University of Utah, with foothills of the Wasatch just east of the campus.
I hiked up a short canyon and then circled back to the west, climbing the foothill where the "U" on the hill is located.
Looking south over the foothills toward Lone Peak, a 11,000 foot peak SE of SLC:
The same view, with Mount Olympus in the background:
The Salt Lake aiport control tower, with the Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island:
Mount Olympus, with Lone Peak in the background:
Draper Ridge, leading up to Lone Peak:
University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Mount Olympus:
