Bobsled Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Bobsled Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Virginia Heights, UT. It climbs 812 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bobsled Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 4,932–5,771 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.78012, -111.85498
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: 11th Avenue / Virginia Street (WB) stop 271 m from the trailhead
- Start on Bobsled Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Perry's Hollow Traverse, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bobsled Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Valleyview Section, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bobsled Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Perry's Hollow Traverse, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bobsled Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive 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 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: 11th Avenue / Virginia Street (WB) stop 271 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bobsled Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 839 ft
- Bobsled Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 839 ft
- Bobsled Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 812 ft
- Bobsled Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section 2.1 mi · ▲ 862 ft
- 19th Avenue (Upper) via Bobsled Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 874 ft
- Bobsled Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 940 ft
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