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BST Z-Trail Connector & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Mount Olympus Hills, UT. It climbs 1,094 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,443 – 5,837 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Z Trail Trailhead 40.67045, -111.79060
Nearest town Mount Olympus Hills, UT

Directions

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

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,094 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 5,443–5,836 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Z Trail Trailhead · 40.67045, -111.79060

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start on BST Z-Trail Connector, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading W.
  3. 1.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading SE.
  5. 450 ftReach BST Z-Trail Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 1.6 miContinue straight onto BST Z-Trail Connector, heading E.
  9. 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

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

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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