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BLM - Salt Lake Field Office

Bear Fork Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 4,670 ft · 7 hr 30 min

Bear Fork Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in BLM - Salt Lake Field Office near Angels Grove, UT. It climbs 4,670 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,001 – 7,907 ft · steepest grade: 25%16.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Fork Trail 40.48438, -112.17763
Nearest town Angels Grove, UT
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Bear Fork Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 4,670 ft · 7 hr 30 min

Elevation 6,002–7,907 ft

Out & Back · BLM - Salt Lake Field Office

Trailhead: Bear Fork Trail · 40.48438, -112.17763

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bear Fork Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading S.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto City Canyon Road, heading S.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miBear left onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading E.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Rock Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Gunslinger Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftSharp left onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  19. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading N.
  20. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
  25. 50 ftReach Bear Fork Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading N.
  27. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading NE.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  32. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  33. 1.1 miSharp right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading S.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading S.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading S.
  36. 0.1 miBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading S.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading S.
  38. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading S.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right onto Gunslinger Trail, heading SE.
  40. 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Rock Trail, heading SE.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  42. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading W.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  44. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  45. 450 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SE.
  46. 0.4 miBear right onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading W.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading W.
  48. 0.5 miTurn right onto City Canyon Road, heading W.
  49. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading SW.
  50. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Fork Trail, heading W.
  51. 1.8 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/bear-fork-trail-bonneville-shoreline-trail-butter-knife-section-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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