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Boardman Spring Trail & First Right Fork via Slide Canyon Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View, UT. It climbs 4,359 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,109 – 8,222 ft · steepest grade: 28%10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.26327, -111.63185
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT

Directions

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Boardman Spring Trail & First Right Fork via Slide Canyon Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 4,359 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Elevation 5,109–8,224 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.26327, -111.63185

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 67° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto First Right Fork, heading E.
  7. 1.7 miBear left onto Slide Canyon Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Slate Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  9. 1 miSharp left onto Boardman Spring Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miReach First Right Fork, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miSharp right onto Slate Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1 miContinue straight onto Slide Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto First Right Fork, heading N.
  14. 1.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading NW.
  16. 1.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 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

94% dirt3% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 87°F67°
Feels like82°Precip1%Wind11 mphUV7Humidity15%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat 86°67°
Sun 78°59° 53%
Mon 71°56° 53%
Tue 78°55°
Wed 86°60°
Thu 87°63° 21%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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