Mount Olympus Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Old Colony, UT. It climbs 628 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,941 – 5,568 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.65789, -111.80479
Nearest town Old Colony, UT
Directions
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Mount Olympus Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 4,940–5,569 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.65789, -111.80479
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mount Olympus Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
100% dirt
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.
More from this trailhead
- Mount Olympus Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 637 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
- Mount Olympus–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Olympus Section, 3 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 4,084 ft
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