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Bloods Lake Trail–Io Trail, 3 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 651 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi8,888 – 9,246 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.60650, -111.50704
Nearest town Park City, UT

Directions

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Bloods Lake Trail–Io Trail, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 8,888–9,245 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.60650, -111.50704

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Corvair (Upper), heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto 9K Trail, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Io Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miBear left onto Bloods Lake Trail, heading W.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto Kalamazoo Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lupine Trail, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftReach Io Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Kalamazoo Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bloods Lake Trail, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Io Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto 9K Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 100 ftBear right onto Corvair (Upper), heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 250 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

98% dirt2% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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