Rose Canyon County Open Space

City Canyon Road–Moon Ridge Trail, 5 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 3,061 ft · 4 hr 46 min

City Canyon Road–Moon Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Rose Canyon County Open Space near Hi Country Estates, UT. It climbs 3,061 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,103 – 7,668 ft · steepest grade: 25%10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swamp Fork Trail 40.48529, -112.14377
Nearest town Hi Country Estates, UT

Directions

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City Canyon Road–Moon Ridge Trail, 5 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 3,061 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Elevation 6,104–7,669 ft

Out & Back · Rose Canyon County Open Space

Trailhead: Swamp Fork Trail · 40.48529, -112.14377

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Swamp Fork Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.4 miBear left onto City Canyon Road, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miBear left onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading E.
  8. 200 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Maple Gulch Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Horsin' Around Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Horsin' Around, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Horsin' Around Trail, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Horsin' Around Trail, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Horsin' Around Trail, heading E.
  18. 250 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftBear right onto Yellow Fork West Trail, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork West Trail, heading E.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading E.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto Yellow Fork West Trail, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miSharp right onto Water Fork Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  26. 450 ftBear right onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading W.
  27. 0.4 miBear left onto City Canyon Road, heading E.
  28. 2.7 miSharp right onto Swamp Fork Trail, heading NW.
  29. 1.3 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

81% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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