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Green-Tanner Reservoir & Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Green-Tanner Reservoir & Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Knudsens Corner, UT. The route reaches Green-Tanner Reservoir. It climbs 357 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,564 – 4,922 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.63738, -111.81268
Nearest town Knudsens Corner, UT
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Green-Tanner Reservoir & Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 4,564–4,920 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.63738, -111.81268

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Holladay Blvd @ 6175 S stop 237 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Green-Tanner Reservoir.
  3. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miReach Green-Tanner Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftArrive 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/green-tanner-reservoir-big-cottonwood-canyon-trail-out-back-5-km-edc9

Trail surface

89% paved2% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Holladay Blvd @ 6175 S stop 237 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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