Wasatch Mountain State Park

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 1.9 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dutch Canyon Road, heading SW.
  6. 2.1 miBear left onto Prospect, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Dutchman Way, heading S.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Prospect, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dutchman Way, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dutch Hollow Trail, heading S.
  11. 350 ftBear left onto Top Notch, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Gobblers Gulch (Wash), heading SE.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Gobblers Gulch, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftSharp right onto Sage, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miBear left onto Cottontail Loop, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sage, heading SW.
  17. 350 ftBear left onto Golpher Flats, heading S.
  18. 400 ftContinue straight onto Sage, heading S.
  19. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 0.3 miReach Dutch Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 500 ftTurn right onto Throw Back, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golpher Flats, heading S.
  23. 50 ftSharp left onto Cottontail Loop, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Burnt Ridge, heading S.
  25. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Burnt Ridge, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miBear left onto Sage, heading NE.
  27. 250 ftSharp right onto Gobblers Gulch, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right onto Enchanted Forest, heading NW.
  29. 450 ftBear right onto Gobblers Gulch, heading W.
  30. 100 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Forest, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Gobblers Gulch, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Flatline, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miSharp right onto 1000 Turns, heading SW.
  34. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  35. 1.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  38. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

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