Drift Road–Flat Cable, 7 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 717 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,120 – 7,815 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64200, -111.49492
Nearest town Park City, UT
Directions
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Drift Road–Flat Cable, 7 sights
2 mi · ▲ 717 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 7,120–7,814 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.64200, -111.49492
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 483 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto South Sweeney, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Sweeney, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sweeney Switchbacks, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Trestle, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left onto King Road Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Johns Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Johns Access, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Sweeneys, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Drift Road, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Flat Cable, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Sweeney Switchbacks, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mother Urban, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading S.
- 0.2 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
88% dirt3% other2% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 483 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mother Urban 3 mi · ▲ 695 ft
- Woodside Gulch via Mother Urban 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft
- Treasure Hill–Silver King Mill Loop, 9 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft
- Mother Urban 3.8 mi · ▲ 997 ft
- South Sweeney & Woodside Gulch via Mother Urban 3.9 mi · ▲ 981 ft
- First Time–Flat Cable Loop, 8 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft
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