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Eden's & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Eden's & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Aspen Grove, UT. It climbs 1,221 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,611 – 7,569 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41540, -111.60781
Nearest town Aspen Grove, UT
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Eden's & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,613–7,571 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.41540, -111.60781

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lame Horse Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mount Timpanogos Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Middle Earth, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Mica's Mile, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miBear left onto The Owl'Law Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Eden's, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto The Owl'Law Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miReach Middle Earth, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Eden's, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto The Owl'Law Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Mica's Mile, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Middle Earth, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miBear left onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Timpanogos Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lame Horse Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/edens-middle-earth-out-back-8-km-3199

Trail surface

77% dirt1% paved22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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