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Mount Wire West Viewpoint–Mount Wire, 5 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area near Pinecrest, UT. The route passes Mount Wire before reaching Mount Wire West Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 3,855 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,332 – 7,566 ft · steepest grade: 40%14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mine Road Trail 40.80776, -111.72300
Nearest town Pinecrest, UT

Directions

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Mount Wire West Viewpoint–Mount Wire, 5 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 3,855 ft · 6 hr 48 min

Elevation 6,333–7,564 ft

Out & Back · Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area

Trailhead: Old Mine Road Trail · 40.80776, -111.72300

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

Transit-accessible: Natural History Museum stop 92 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mine Road Trail, heading S.
  2. 2.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 3.4 miPass Mount Wire.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftReach Mount Wire West Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Wire West Trail, heading N.
  9. 4 miTurn left onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Old Mine Road Trail, heading NE.
  12. 2.4 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

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Natural History Museum stop 92 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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