Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section–Nicoletti Trail, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section–Nicoletti Trail, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in BLM - Salt Lake Field Office near Hi Country Estates, UT. It climbs 1,158 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section–Nicoletti Trail, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,919–6,450 ft
Out & Back · BLM - Salt Lake Field Office
Trailhead: 40.49074, -112.08778
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 81°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Yellow Fork Ridge North, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Nicoletti Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Yellow Fork Ridge North, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nicoletti Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Ridge North, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.2 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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- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Dogs allowed on leash
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