3.2 miles
Distance
261 ft
Climb
-562 ft
Descent
00:34:11
Avg time
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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Big Cottonwood Canyon
    Brighton, Utah
  • AKA
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Global Ranking
    #86 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #1961 in Trail Running
    • #4540 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 65 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    uinta-wasatch-cache national forest

Great trail, with amazing views, but may see a lot of traffic. Sections have the tendency to get rutted out. Technically you can go both directions but everyone typically starts from Guardsman and either drops down Desolation or continues to Mill Canyon or Ridgeline Connector

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Wasatch Crest (South) multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -301 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,593 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,894 ft
  • Altitude start
    9,894 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,593 ft
  • Grade
    -1.8%
  • Grade max
    -43.3%
  • Grade min
    22.2%
  • Distance climb
    4,987 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    696 ft
  • Avg time
    00:34:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:50:48
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on Oct 25, 2024
Snow Cover Partial
Avg: 4.57 (50 votes)
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      Oct 25, 2024 @ 8:43am
      Oct 25, 2024
      		 very Muddy and snowy, would not ride
      Oct 16, 2024 @ 11:02am
      Oct 16, 2024
      Sep 28, 2024 @ 10:14am
      Sep 28, 2024
      Sep 22, 2024 @ 9:09am
      Sep 22, 2024
      Sep 4, 2024 @ 9:47am
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