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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kam Connect Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Showdown Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.2 miSharp right onto Wild Ruffy Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 1.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.8 miSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right onto Coyote Loop Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftReach Kam Connect Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 1.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 1.6 miTurn right onto Wild Ruffy Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Showdown Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kam Connect Trail, heading N.
  21. 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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