City Creek Pipeline Trail & Meadow Trail via Avenues Ridge Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Northcrest, UT. It climbs 1,578 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,951 – 5,857 ft · steepest grade: 37%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.80481, -111.86508
Nearest town Northcrest, UT
Directions
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City Creek Pipeline Trail & Meadow Trail via Avenues Ridge Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 1,578 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 4,952–5,857 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.80481, -111.86508
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 66° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach City Creek Pipeline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 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
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 87°F66°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity17%
Rained 0.2″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat
86°67°
Sun
81°64°
31%
Mon
69°57°
54%
Tue
76°57°
Wed
87°61°
Thu
78°63°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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- 19th Avenue (Upper)–Avenues Ridge Trail, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 1,103 ft
- Ensign Peak & City Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,047 ft
- Vista Mound & City Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,236 ft
- Grandview Peak Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,852 ft
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