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Backspacer Trail–Cliffside Trail, 7 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,617 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Backspacer Trail–Cliffside Trail, 7 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back near Eagle Mountain, UT. It climbs 1,617 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,030 – 5,624 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Three Trees Trail 40.30619, -111.98559
Nearest town Eagle Mountain, UT
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Backspacer Trail–Cliffside Trail, 7 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,617 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Elevation 5,030–5,622 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Three Trees Trail · 40.30619, -111.98559

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Three Trees Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 400 ftTurn left onto Valley View Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cliffside Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftTurn right onto Ridge OHV Road, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Deadwood Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.9 miBear right onto OHV-4 Road, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftSharp right onto Backspacer Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading N.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto OHV-5 Road, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-5 Road, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Space Dust Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miBear left onto Launch Pad Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miBear left onto Threadstone (Prayer Flags) Trail, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn left onto Nirvana Trail, heading E.
  25. 150 ftSharp right onto Supersonic Trail, heading E.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto OHV-5 Road, heading E.
  27. 300 ftBear right onto Supersonic Trail, heading E.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto OHV-5 Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cracker Jack Trail, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto OHV-5 Road, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miReach Cliffside Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cracker Jack Trail, heading W.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-5 Road, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Supersonic Trail, heading NW.
  35. 250 ftBear left onto OHV-5 Road, heading NW.
  36. 300 ftBear right onto Supersonic Trail, heading N.
  37. 50 ftSharp left onto Nirvana Trail, heading N.
  38. 200 ftTurn right onto Threadstone (Prayer Flags) Trail, heading N.
  39. 100 ftBear right onto Launch Pad Trail, heading NW.
  40. 0.1 miBear right onto Space Dust Trail, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left onto OHV-5 Road, heading N.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading N.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-5 Road, heading N.
  44. 150 ftBear right onto OHV-1, heading N.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading N.
  46. 250 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading S.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading S.
  48. 50 ftSharp left onto OHV-4 Road, heading S.
  49. 450 ftBear left onto Deadwood Trail, heading W.
  50. 0.9 miBear left onto Ridge OHV Road, heading SW.
  51. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  52. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  53. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  55. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  56. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  57. 50 ftTurn right onto Cliffside Trail, heading SE.
  58. 0.1 miTurn right onto Valley View Trail, heading SE.
  59. 0.8 miTurn right onto Three Trees Trail, heading SE.
  60. 0.2 miArrive 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/backspacer-trail-out-back

Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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