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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto First Right Fork, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Slide Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Slate Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp left onto Boardman Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach First Right Fork, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Slate Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Slide Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto First Right Fork, heading N.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 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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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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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