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City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail & Grandview Peak Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 5,031 ft · 6 hr 35 min

City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail & Grandview Peak Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Maple Cove, UT. It climbs 5,031 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,722 – 9,210 ft · steepest grade: 43%12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail 40.82188, -111.80857
Nearest town Maple Cove, UT
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City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail & Grandview Peak Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 5,031 ft · 6 hr 35 min

Elevation 5,721–9,210 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail · 40.82188, -111.80857

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

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  1. Start on City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.6 miBear left onto Mueller Park Trail, heading N.
  3. 400 ftBear right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading NE.
  4. 4.5 miReach City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 4.5 miBear left onto Mueller Park Trail, heading S.
  6. 400 ftBear right onto City Creek - Rudy's Connector Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/city-creek-rudys-connector-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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