The best starting place is just off of Wakara Way on Colorow Road. This is on the east side of Salt Lake City, near the Natural History Museum.

From Foothill Drive, go east on Wakara Way to Colorow Road. Park anywhere near the intersection of Colorow and Wakara.

The first crux of the hike is reaching the Bonneville Shoreline trail. This has many access points, including from the Natural History Museum or Colorow Road, which parallels the foothills. If starting from Colorow Road (recommended), find one of the well-used social trails that lead up from the paved road to the wide dirt road that is the Bonneville Shoreline trail. Go right (south) on the Bonneville Shoreline, watching for pipeline marker 174.

At pipeline marker 174, you are due west of Georges Hollow. This is the canyon the trail ascends. Go past marker 174 to the next major junction, go left back to the base of Georges Hollow, then follow the wide trail up the hollow. The trail starts out quite wide, then narrows a bit. It is 1.5 miles from the trailhead to the Living Room. Just before the Living Room, as the trail contours in a gully, a side trail goes off on the right. This is the junction to Mount Wire, go right and continue climbing up Georges Hollow.

As the trail reaches the top of Georges Hollow and the ridge, spectacular views of the city and surrounding canyons can be had. On the ridge, go right at the first junction and at a second junction just after. You want to be on the obvious trail that continues up the ridge.

Just before a false summit, the trail contours south then makes a final short ascent to the top and a metal frame tower structure.

For the return, you have two options:

Returning the same way is nice, and offers the most gradual descent.

Looking for a thigh busting steep shortcut? Go left (south) from the tower down the ridge. At a junction, a couple of minutes from the tower, go right. The terrain steepens and the trail quickly descends. Follow it down to a small saddle where a side trail goes off to the right and back to Georges Hollow a short distance down off the ridge. This return offers a shorter but steeper option. I recommend it, though not for those with knee issues.