Avenues Ridge Trail & City Creek Pipeline Trail via City Creek Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Orchard Hills East, UT. It climbs 3,786 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,971 – 6,142 ft · steepest grade: 34%9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Terraces Trail 40.82127, -111.90306
Nearest town Orchard Hills East, UT
Directions
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Avenues Ridge Trail & City Creek Pipeline Trail via City Creek Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 3,786 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Elevation 4,971–6,143 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Terraces Trail · 40.82127, -111.90306
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 85°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Terraces Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Wild Rose Overlook, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right onto Wild Rose Overlook Upper, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto City Creek Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach City Creek Pipeline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto City Creek Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Overlook Upper, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wild Rose Overlook, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Terraces Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 85°F68°
Precip1%Wind14 mphUV7Humidity21%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat
85°67°
Sun
79°63°
32%
Mon
68°56°
55%
Tue
75°56°
Wed
86°61°
Thu
77°62°
19%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Terraces Trail Trailhead
- Terraces Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 602 ft
- Terraces Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 259 ft
- Terraces Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Industrial Arch via Terraces Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Terraces Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Lost Lad Trail & Tower Connector Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 995 ft
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