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Crop Duster Trail–La Gringa Trail, 5 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,210 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Crop Duster Trail–La Gringa Trail, 5 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Saratoga Resort, UT. It climbs 1,210 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,656 – 5,456 ft · steepest grade: 36%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West 6400 North 40.34757, -111.93943
Nearest town Saratoga Resort, UT
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Crop Duster Trail–La Gringa Trail, 5 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,210 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 4,655–5,456 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: West 6400 North · 40.34757, -111.93943

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

  1. Start on West 6400 North, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left onto Porters Crossing Road, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Shooting Gallery Cutoff Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto La Gringa Trail, heading NW.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Crop Duster Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jackrabbit Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crop Duster Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Roadrunner Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Hunting Wabbit Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Rocket Powere Rollerskates Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Roadrunner Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rocket Powere Rollerskates Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Bugs Bunny Trail, heading NW.
  18. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftSharp right onto Cow Tracks Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading NW.
  21. 450 ftContinue straight onto The Wave, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miReach West 6400 North, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading NW.
  24. 500 ftBear right onto Cow Tracks Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  26. 100 ftBear left onto Bugs Bunny Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Rocket Powere Rollerskates Trail, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Roadrunner Trail, heading E.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rocket Powere Rollerskates Trail, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Hunting Wabbit Trail, heading E.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Roadrunner Trail, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left onto Crop Duster Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jackrabbit Trail, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crop Duster Trail, heading NE.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left onto La Gringa Trail, heading SE.
  36. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading E.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Shooting Gallery Cutoff Trail, heading SE.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading SE.
  39. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left onto Porters Crossing Road, heading S.
  41. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  42. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  43. 0.7 miBear right onto West 6400 North, heading E.
  44. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/la-gringa-trail-roadrunner-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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