Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area
Lower Freeze Creek via Freeze Creek Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 4,098 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Lower Freeze Creek via Freeze Creek Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area near Spring Glen, UT. It climbs 4,098 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lower Freeze Creek via Freeze Creek Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 4,098 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Elevation 5,276–7,481 ft
Out & Back · Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.76613, -111.77061
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto contour trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Freeze Creek trail, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Lower Freeze Creek, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Lower Freeze Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto contour trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Freeze Creek Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 3,572 ft
- EID reservoir & contour trail via Freeze Creek Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 3,707 ft
- Freeze Creek Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 3,929 ft
- Freeze Creek - Brigham Fork connector & contour trail via Freeze Creek Trail 12 mi · ▲ 4,058 ft
- EID–Freeze Creek Trail, 3 sights 13.4 mi · ▲ 4,649 ft
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