Cascade Saddle–Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, 3 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View, UT. The route reaches Cascade Saddle at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 5,032 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,030 – 9,745 ft · steepest grade: 25%14.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rock Canyon Park Connector 40.26668, -111.63219
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT
Directions
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Cascade Saddle–Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, 3 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 5,032 ft · 6 hr 49 min
Elevation 5,028–9,745 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rock Canyon Park Connector · 40.26668, -111.63219
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 87°F / low 66° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Canyon Park Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miTurn right onto Rock Canyon Campground Road, heading NE.
- 3.4 miContinue straight onto Shingle Mill Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Big Springs Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Cascade Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Shingle Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading NW.
- 3.4 miBear left onto Rock Canyon Campground Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading W.
- 2.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon Park Connector, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% gravel
Weather
ClearTemperature 87°F66°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity21%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
87°67°
Sun
79°59°
55%
Mon
72°56°
55%
Tue
78°55°
Wed
86°60°
Thu
87°64°
20%
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 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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