Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights
13 mi · ▲ 3,511 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back near Patrick Place, UT. It climbs 3,511 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights
13 mi · ▲ 3,511 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Elevation 6,201–7,735 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.19164, -111.38839
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 80°F / low 56° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Packard East Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Green Swales Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 2.6 miTurn right onto Sawmill Hollow Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Packard East Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Green Swales Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Packard East Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftArrive 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 2.4 mi in (~103 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Packard East Trail via Packard Canyon Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 944 ft
- Packard Canyon Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- Packard Canyon Trail–Packard Cutoff Trail Loop, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,742 ft
- Fence Line Trail–Old Packard Canyon Trail Loop, 6 sights 10.9 mi · ▲ 2,682 ft
- Packard Cutoff Trail–Packard East Trail, 3 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 2,881 ft
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