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Rose Canyon County Open Space

Dan's Hill Trail–Gunslinger Trail, 6 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 3,203 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Dan's Hill Trail–Gunslinger Trail, 6 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Rose Canyon County Open Space near Hi Country Estates, UT. It climbs 3,203 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,870 – 7,668 ft · steepest grade: 29%10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swamp Fork Trail 40.48529, -112.14377
Nearest town Hi Country Estates, UT
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Dan's Hill Trail–Gunslinger Trail, 6 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 3,203 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 5,870–7,669 ft

Out & Back · Rose Canyon County Open Space

Trailhead: Swamp Fork Trail · 40.48529, -112.14377

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:54 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. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading E.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Rock Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Gunslinger Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading E.
  21. 500 ftBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  24. 50 ftReach Swamp Fork Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miBear right onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading E.
  28. 500 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading E.
  30. 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  34. 0.1 miBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right onto Gunslinger Trail, heading W.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Rock Trail, heading NW.
  39. 0.2 miTurn right onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  40. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading NW.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  42. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  43. 450 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SE.
  44. 0.4 miBear right onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading W.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading W.
  46. 0.5 miTurn right onto City Canyon Road, heading W.
  47. 0.5 miBear right onto Swamp Fork Trail, heading N.
  48. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dans-hill-trail-gunslinger-trail-out-back-7-sights-15-km

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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