Bobsled Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Bobsled Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Virginia Heights, UT. It climbs 861 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bobsled Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 4,831–5,582 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.77863, -111.85390
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: 11th Avenue / Virginia Street (WB) stop 103 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bobsled Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Perry's Hollow Traverse, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Valleyview Section, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Perry's Hollow Traverse, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Bobsled Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 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 7:37 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 103 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 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
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