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Left Fork Days Canyon Trail & Right Fork Days Canyon Trail via Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail

16.2 mi · ▲ 4,903 ft · 7 hr 51 min

Left Fork Days Canyon Trail & Right Fork Days Canyon Trail via Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail is a 16.2-mile out-and-back near Mapleton, UT. It climbs 4,903 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,259 – 7,868 ft · steepest grade: 27%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail 40.13553, -111.52303
Nearest town Mapleton, UT
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Left Fork Days Canyon Trail & Right Fork Days Canyon Trail via Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail

16.2 mi · ▲ 4,903 ft · 7 hr 51 min

Elevation 5,260–7,868 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail · 40.13553, -111.52303

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  2. 3.9 miBear left onto Right Fork Days Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  3. 3.1 miBear left onto Left Fork Days Canyon Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.1 miBear left onto Cherry Campground Group Road, heading W.
  5. 50 ftReach Right Fork Days Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Left Fork Days Canyon Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miBear right onto Right Fork Days Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  8. 3.1 miBear right onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 3.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/left-fork-days-canyon-trail-right-fork-days-canyon-trail-out-back-26-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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