AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Ancient Forest Loop & Highland Drive Trail via Rasmussen Trail

13 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Ancient Forest Loop & Highland Drive Trail via Rasmussen Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back near Gogorza, UT. It is mostly level, with 249 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,303 – 6,523 ft13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Millennium Trail 40.75167, -111.57223
Nearest town Gogorza, UT
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Ancient Forest Loop & Highland Drive Trail via Rasmussen Trail

13 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Elevation 6,302–6,522 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Millennium Trail · 40.75167, -111.57223

Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 79°F / low 56° · precip 9% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Jeremy Ranch P&R stop 421 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Spaghetti Bowl, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rasmussen Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto 224 Connector Trail, heading E.
  6. 450 ftTurn left onto Highland Drive Trail, heading S.
  7. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Silver Creek Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ancient Forest Loop, heading SE.
  9. 1 miReach Highland Drive Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1 miTurn right onto Silver Creek Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Highland Drive Trail, heading W.
  12. 2.2 miTurn right onto 224 Connector Trail, heading W.
  13. 450 ftTurn left onto Bitner Road, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rasmussen Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 1.6 miTurn left onto Spaghetti Bowl, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ancient-forest-loop-out-back

Trail surface

71% paved16% gravel3% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F56°
Precip9%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Mon 68°51° 50%
Tue 75°51°
Wed 79°53°
Thu 79°56°
Fri 81°61° 15%
Sat 63°45° 17%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Jeremy Ranch P&R stop 421 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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