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Bolt Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 2,554 ft · 4 hr 13 min

Bolt Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in BLM - Salt Lake Field Office near Snyder, UT. It climbs 2,554 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,466 – 6,893 ft · steepest grade: 27%10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.51352, -112.09717
Nearest town Snyder, UT
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Bolt Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 2,554 ft · 4 hr 13 min

Elevation 5,465–6,892 ft

Out & Back · BLM - Salt Lake Field Office

Trailhead: 40.51352, -112.09717

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Bingham (BST) Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading S.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bingham (BST) Trail, heading NW.
  5. 200 ftBear left onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftTurn left onto Millie Trail, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Copper Rise Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Bolt Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto Copper Rise Trail, heading SW.
  10. 500 ftBear left onto Outta Gas Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Bolt Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Bolt Trail, heading S.
  14. 200 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading S.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  22. 1.1 miSharp right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading S.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading S.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right onto Gunslinger Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Rock Trail, heading SE.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading W.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading W.
  33. 300 ftReach Copper Rise Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Rock Trail, heading S.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right onto Gunslinger Trail, heading SW.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  40. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NE.
  42. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NE.
  44. 50 ftSharp left onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  45. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NW.
  46. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  48. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
  49. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading N.
  50. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
  51. 50 ftTurn left onto Bolt Trail, heading NE.
  52. 200 ftTurn right onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading NE.
  53. 50 ftSharp left onto Bolt Trail, heading NE.
  54. 0.1 miBear right onto Outta Gas Trail, heading NE.
  55. 0.1 miBear right onto Copper Rise Trail, heading N.
  56. 500 ftBear right onto Bolt Trail, heading N.
  57. 0.1 miBear right onto Copper Rise Trail, heading N.
  58. 0.5 miTurn right onto Millie Trail, heading NE.
  59. 50 ftTurn right onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading NE.
  60. 450 ftBear right onto Bingham (BST) Trail, heading NW.
  61. 250 ftContinue straight onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  62. 150 ftTurn right onto Bingham (BST) Trail, heading W.
  63. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  64. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bolt-trail-bonneville-shoreline-trail-butter-knife-section-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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