Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area
EID reservoir & contour trail via Freeze Creek Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 3,707 ft · 5 hr 17 min
EID reservoir & contour trail via Freeze Creek Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area near Spring Glen, UT. The route reaches EID reservoir at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 3,707 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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EID reservoir & contour trail via Freeze Creek Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 3,707 ft · 5 hr 17 min
Elevation 5,276–7,481 ft
Out & Back · Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.76613, -111.77061
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto contour trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach EID reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Freeze Creek Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 3,572 ft
- Freeze Creek Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 3,929 ft
- Lower Freeze Creek via Freeze Creek Trail 11.6 mi · ▲ 4,098 ft
- Freeze Creek - Brigham Fork connector & contour trail via Freeze Creek Trail 12 mi · ▲ 4,058 ft
- EID–Freeze Creek Trail, 3 sights 13.4 mi · ▲ 4,649 ft
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