Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail via Wild Ruffy Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,380 ft · 3 hr 55 min
Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail via Wild Ruffy Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Francis, UT. It climbs 1,380 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,523 – 7,556 ft · steepest grade: 16%10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.54447, -111.30702
Nearest town Francis, UT
Directions
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Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail via Wild Ruffy Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,380 ft · 3 hr 55 min
Elevation 6,521–7,555 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.54447, -111.30702
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Wild Ruffy Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Showdown Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kam Connect Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miReach Kam Connect Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Showdown Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Wild Ruffy Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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 surface
42% dirt58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:54 PM
More from this trailhead
- Wild Ruffy Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 776 ft
- Little Pole Canyon Road 12.4 mi · ▲ 1,386 ft
- Coyote Loop Trail 13.3 mi · ▲ 1,496 ft
- Wild Ruffy Trail 13.7 mi · ▲ 2,030 ft
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