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Mother Urban is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 763 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,998 – 7,717 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Town 40.64734, -111.49872
Nearest town Park City, UT

Directions

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Mother Urban

3.5 mi · ▲ 763 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 7,000–7,717 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Town · 40.64734, -111.49872

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Transit-accessible: Park Avenue & 8th Street stop 8 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Town, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading S.
  6. 50 ftSharp left onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto South Sweeney, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto South Sweeney, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto King Road Connector, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto Woodside Gulch, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Mother Urban, heading E.
  15. 50 ftSharp left onto Moose Poop, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Moose Poop, heading E.
  19. 50 ftSharp right onto Mother Urban, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Woodside Gulch, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Mother Urban, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miContinue straight onto King Road Connector, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  25. 450 ftContinue straight onto South Sweeney, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Mother Urban, heading N.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Sweeney, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miSharp right onto Mother Urban, heading E.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading E.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 350 ftBear left onto Town, heading NW.
  34. 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 surface

87% dirt5% paved3% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Park Avenue & 8th Street stop 8 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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