Black Forest Trail–Lower Lift Line, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 1,189 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Black Forest Trail–Lower Lift Line, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Sundance, UT. It climbs 1,189 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Black Forest Trail–Lower Lift Line, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 1,189 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 6,109–7,011 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lower Lift Line · 40.39148, -111.57955
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 79°F / low 59° · precip 1% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: Sundance Mountain Resort stop 173 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Lift Line, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Stewart Falls - Lower Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Lift Line, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Summer Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Black Forest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Lower Lift Line, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Summer Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Lower Lift Line, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Stewart Falls - Lower Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Lift Line, heading E.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Sundance Mountain Resort stop 173 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lower Lift Line Trailhead
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- Stewart Falls - Lower Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Summit Road & Sunshine Way 3 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft
- Stewart Falls - Lower Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 740 ft
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