Packard Cutoff Trail via Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail
15.9 mi · ▲ 3,634 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Packard Cutoff Trail via Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Patrick Place, UT. It climbs 3,634 ft, with sections as steep as 51% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Packard Cutoff Trail via Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail
15.9 mi · ▲ 3,634 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Elevation 5,929–7,735 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.12791, -111.42258
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach Packard Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 4 miArrive 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 5.4 mi in (~194 min). Leave by 4:21 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,321 ft
- Cow bike trail 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,718 ft
- Pumphouse Hill & Pump Ridge via Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail 13 mi · ▲ 2,849 ft
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