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Big Provo Cirque Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Aspen Grove, UT. It climbs 2,985 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,818 – 9,364 ft · steepest grade: 33%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.40502, -111.60279
Nearest town Aspen Grove, UT

Directions

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Big Provo Cirque Trail

7 mi · ▲ 2,985 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Elevation 6,818–9,363 ft

Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Trailhead: 40.40502, -111.60279

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 57° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Big Provo Cirque Trail, heading SW.
  8. 2 miReach Big Provo Cirque Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 2 miContinue straight onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 76°F57°
Precip1%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity24%
Rained 0.3″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat 76°55°
Sun 70°52° 56%
Mon 63°48° 56%
Tue 72°45°
Wed 78°51°
Thu 79°54° 25%

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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