Old Gondala Swing Hike
10 mi · ▲ 873 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Old Gondala Swing Hike is a 10-mile out-and-back near Stansbury park, UT. It climbs 873 ft. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Gondala Swing Hike
10 mi · ▲ 873 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Elevation 4,299–4,879 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bates Canyon Trailhead · 40.62407, -112.26652
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 87°F / low 70° · precip 0% · wind 18 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Gondala Swing Hike, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:26 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bates Canyon Trailhead Trailhead
- Hole in the Rock. Loop 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,097 ft
- Sheep Rock Trailhead Access Sunset Point via Old Gondala Swing Hike 9.7 mi · ▲ 873 ft
- Droubay Road 10.8 mi · ▲ 902 ft
- Farnsworth Peak 12.8 mi · ▲ 4,403 ft
- Kennecott Road 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,424 ft
- Kesler Peak 15.5 mi · ▲ 5,794 ft
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