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Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail & Little Diamond Trail

12.1 mi · ▲ 3,512 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail & Little Diamond Trail is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Mapleton, UT. It climbs 3,512 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,440 – 8,170 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13141, -111.52826
Nearest town Mapleton, UT
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Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail & Little Diamond Trail

12.1 mi · ▲ 3,512 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,439–8,171 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.13141, -111.52826

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Whiting Campground Road, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  6. 200 ftContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading E.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  10. 4.3 miTurn right onto Little Diamond Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.5 miReach Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 1.1 miTurn left onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 4.1 miContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading W.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftBear left onto Whiting Campground Road, heading SW.
  22. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/left-fork-maple-canyon-trail-little-diamond-trail-out-back-19-km-408f

Trail surface

98% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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