Green Swales Road–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Green Swales Road–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Three Forks, UT. It climbs 2,442 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Green Swales Road–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 6,300–7,540 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Green Swales Road · 40.18775, -111.36000
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start on Green Swales Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Packard East Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Green Swales Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Packard East Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Green Swales Road, heading N.
- 0.1 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
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