AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mount Aire Canyon Road

2.4 mi · ▲ 656 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Mount Aire Canyon Road is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Merrywood, UT. It climbs 656 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,877 – 7,474 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.72300, -111.70156
Nearest town Merrywood, UT
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Mount Aire Canyon Road

2.4 mi · ▲ 656 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 6,878–7,475 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.72300, -111.70156

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miReach Mount Aire Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 500 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/mount-aire-canyon-road-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.

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