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BST Z-Trail Connector & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section is an 8.4-mile out-and-back near Canyon Cove, UT. It climbs 1,715 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,118 – 5,837 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Heughs Canyon Trail 40.63853, -111.79236
Nearest town Canyon Cove, UT

Directions

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BST Z-Trail Connector & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,715 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 5,120–5,836 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Heughs Canyon Trail · 40.63853, -111.79236

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 86°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start on Heughs Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading SW.
  3. 1.5 miBear right onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 1.6 miContinue straight onto BST Z-Trail Connector, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miReach Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading E.
  9. 1.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading E.
  11. 500 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading S.
  12. 1.5 miSharp right onto Heughs Canyon Trail, heading E.
  13. 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F69°
Precip1%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity19%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 86°67°
Sun 79°61° 36%
Mon 67°57° 52%
Tue 79°58°
Wed 86°66°
Thu 82°65° 21%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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