Mud Spring & Ridge Connector Trail via Ridge Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Mud Spring & Ridge Connector Trail via Ridge Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Mutual Dell, UT. The route reaches Mud Spring at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 784 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,563 – 8,117 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Salamander Flat Road 40.44031, -111.62761
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT

Directions

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Mud Spring & Ridge Connector Trail via Ridge Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 7,561–8,118 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Upper Salamander Flat Road · 40.44031, -111.62761

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading E.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading E.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.3 miReach Mud Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.3 miBear right onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftBear right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading SW.
  13. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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