AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

The Ranches Parkway

North Airport Road & Pony Express Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 2 hr 19 min

North Airport Road & Pony Express Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in The Ranches Parkway near Eagle Mountain, UT. It climbs 359 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,899 – 5,072 ft · steepest grade: 15%7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36191, -111.98543
Nearest town Eagle Mountain, UT
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North Airport Road & Pony Express Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Elevation 4,897–5,071 ft

Out & Back · The Ranches Parkway

Trailhead: 40.36191, -111.98543

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Sparrowhawk Way @ 7746 N stop 553 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 1.9 miTurn left onto Pony Express Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto North Airport Road, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftReach Pony Express Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Pony Express Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 1.9 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.8 miArrive 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/north-airport-road-pony-express-trail-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

83% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Sparrowhawk Way @ 7746 N stop 553 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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