Greens Basin Trail Alternate & Greens Basin Trail
4 mi · ▲ 1,389 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Greens Basin Trail Alternate & Greens Basin Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Mounthaven, UT. It climbs 1,389 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Greens Basin Trail Alternate & Greens Basin Trail
4 mi · ▲ 1,389 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 7,315–8,233 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lower Loop · 40.64356, -111.64144
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 73°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Spruces (Down) stop 373 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Loop, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Days Fork Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Greens Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Greens Basin Trail Alternate, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Greens Basin Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Greens Basin Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Days Fork Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Loop, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Spruces (Down) stop 373 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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