Packard Cutoff Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Packard Cutoff Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Three Forks, UT. It climbs 818 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Packard Cutoff Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 7,092–7,540 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.18703, -111.36545
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 77°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 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 1.0 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Fence Line Trail & Packard Cutoff Trail via Green Swales Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 859 ft
- Green Swales Road 3 mi · ▲ 762 ft
- Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail via Green Swales Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft
- Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail & Pump Ridge 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,382 ft
- Shingle Mill Trail via Shingle Mill Fork Road 12.2 mi · ▲ 2,429 ft
- Old Packard Canyon Trail–Packard Canyon Upper Alt Loop, 5 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 3,161 ft
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