Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail via Wild Ruffy Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 1,647 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail via Wild Ruffy Trail is a 14.9-mile out-and-back near Francis, UT. It climbs 1,647 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,710 – 7,454 ft · steepest grade: 15%15.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58872, -111.30933
Nearest town Francis, UT
Directions
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Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail via Wild Ruffy Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 1,647 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,711–7,455 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.58872, -111.30933
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kam Connect Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Showdown Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Wild Ruffy Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Coyote Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Kam Connect Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Wild Ruffy Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Showdown Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kam Connect Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
30% dirt70% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:54 PM
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- Kam Connect Trail & Showdown Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 536 ft
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