Bobsled Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, 5 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 3,354 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Bobsled Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, 5 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back near Ensign Downs Place, UT. It climbs 3,354 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bobsled Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, 5 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 3,354 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Elevation 4,971–6,178 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ensign Peak TH · 40.79178, -111.88822
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 88°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ensign Peak Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Ensign Viewpoint Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ensign Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Radio Tower Utility Road, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto City Creek Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bobsled Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Ensign Peak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bobsled Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto City Creek Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Radio Tower Utility Road, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Ensign Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ensign Viewpoint Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ensign Peak Trail, heading S.
- 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 0.4 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ensign Peak TH Trailhead
- Ensign Peak Trail–Hell Canyon Trail, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 806 ft
- Hell Canyon Utility Viewpoint–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Hell Canyon Section, 4 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 785 ft
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