City Creek Pipeline Trail–Eagle Crest, 5 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Orchard Hills East, UT. It climbs 3,675 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,971 – 6,152 ft · steepest grade: 31%9.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wild Rose Trailhead 40.82615, -111.89640
Nearest town Orchard Hills East, UT
Directions
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City Creek Pipeline Trail–Eagle Crest, 5 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 3,675 ft · 4 hr 40 min
Elevation 4,971–6,153 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wild Rose Trailhead · 40.82615, -111.89640
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wild Rose Trail Entry Point, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Lower DH, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto wild Rose upper DH, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto wild Rose upper DH, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto NSL Flow, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Chukkar Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto NSL Flow, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Woodbriar, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Eagle Crest, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto City Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Wild Rose Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto City Creek Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left onto Eagle Crest, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Woodbriar, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto NSL Flow, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Chukkar Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto NSL Flow, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto wild Rose upper DH, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto wild Rose upper DH, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Lower DH, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Wild Rose Trail Entry Point, heading NW.
- 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:21 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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