Packard Cutoff Trail via Green Swales Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 976 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Packard Cutoff Trail via Green Swales Road is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near West Portal, UT. It climbs 976 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Packard Cutoff Trail via Green Swales Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 976 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 6,777–7,536 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.19318, -111.34359
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 78°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Pump Corral Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Swales Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach Packard Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Green Swales Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pump Corral Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 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 1.6 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Green Swales Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 660 ft
- Green Swales Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,114 ft
- Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail via Green Swales Road 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,516 ft
- Old Packard Canyon Trail–Packard Canyon Trail, 6 sights 15 mi · ▲ 3,355 ft
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