Burnt Ridge–Cottontail Loop, 10 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,200 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Burnt Ridge–Cottontail Loop, 10 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Jordanelle, UT. It climbs 2,200 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,745 – 7,363 ft · steepest grade: 21%13.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.59459, -111.42789
Nearest town Jordanelle, UT
Directions
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Burnt Ridge–Cottontail Loop, 10 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,200 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Elevation 5,745–7,362 ft
Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 40.59459, -111.42789
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dutch Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Prospect, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Dutchman Way, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Prospect, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dutchman Way, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dutch Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Top Notch, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Gobblers Gulch (Wash), heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Gobblers Gulch, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Sage, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Cottontail Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sage, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Golpher Flats, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Sage, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Dutch Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Throw Back, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golpher Flats, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Cottontail Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Burnt Ridge, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Burnt Ridge, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Sage, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Gobblers Gulch, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Enchanted Forest, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Gobblers Gulch, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Forest, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gobblers Gulch, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Flatline, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto 1000 Turns, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 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
58% dirt42% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
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- Heard It Both Ways Trail 12.9 mi · ▲ 3,125 ft
- Heard It Both Ways Trail 13 mi · ▲ 3,129 ft
- Enchanted Forest–Flatline, 10 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft
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