Packard Cutoff Trail–Packard East Trail, 3 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 2,881 ft · 5 hr 12 min
Packard Cutoff Trail–Packard East Trail, 3 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Patrick Place, UT. It climbs 2,881 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Packard Cutoff Trail–Packard East Trail, 3 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 2,881 ft · 5 hr 12 min
Elevation 6,206–7,540 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.19164, -111.38839
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 80°F / low 55° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Packard East Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Green Swales Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pump Corral Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Shingle Mill Fork Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Packard East Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Pump Corral Road, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Swales Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Packard East Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 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 5.1 mi in (~178 min). Leave by 4:37 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Packard East Trail via Packard Canyon Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 944 ft
- Packard Canyon Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- Packard Canyon Trail–Packard Cutoff Trail Loop, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,742 ft
- Fence Line Trail–Old Packard Canyon Trail Loop, 6 sights 10.9 mi · ▲ 2,682 ft
- Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail–Packard Cutoff Trail, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 3,511 ft
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