Mine Shaft Trail–Raptor Road, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Silver Fork, UT. It climbs 727 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,815 – 8,527 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.62949, -111.60786
Nearest town Silver Fork, UT
Directions
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Mine Shaft Trail–Raptor Road, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 7,815–8,529 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.62949, -111.60786
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Silver Fork Lodge (Up) stop 564 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Honeycomb Canyon Access Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mother Lode Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Unleaded, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pyrite Plunge, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Unleaded, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pyrite Plunge, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Unleaded, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Holy Schist Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Unleaded, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Holy Schist Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Unleaded, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Holy Schist Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Raptor Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Mine Shaft Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Quicksilver Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Unleaded, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mine Shaft Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Raptor Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Holy Schist Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Unleaded, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Holy Schist Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Unleaded, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Holy Schist Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Unleaded, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Pyrite Plunge, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Unleaded, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pyrite Plunge, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Unleaded, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mother Lode Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Honeycomb Canyon Access Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
89% dirt2% paved9% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 71°F53°
Precip1%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity30%
Rained 0.2″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:57 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
71°53°
Sun
67°49°
55%
Mon
57°46°
62%
Tue
69°45°
Wed
75°52°
Thu
74°51°
29%
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Silver Fork Lodge (Up) stop 564 m from the trailhead
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- Holy Schist Trail–Mother Lode Trail, 4 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 954 ft
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