Mount Olympus–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, 3 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Olympus Wilderness near Old Colony, UT. The route reaches Mount Olympus at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 4,084 ft, with sections as steep as 62% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,941 – 9,013 ft · steepest grade: 62%7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.65789, -111.80479
Nearest town Old Colony, UT
Directions
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Mount Olympus–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, 3 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 4,084 ft · 4 hr 17 min
Elevation 4,940–9,013 ft
Out & Back · Mount Olympus Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.65789, -111.80479
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 86°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miReach Mount Olympus, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
ClearTemperature 86°F69°
Precip1%Wind13 mphUV7Humidity21%
Rained 0.2″ 5 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sun
80°64°
36%
Mon
71°61°
52%
Tue
82°60°
Wed
87°67°
Thu
83°72°
21%
Fri
88°71°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Mount Olympus Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 637 ft
- Mount Olympus Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 628 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section 4.9 mi · ▲ 867 ft
- BST Z-Trail Connector via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,410 ft
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