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Race Loop is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Orem, UT. It climbs 594 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,807 – 5,345 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.31203, -111.68862
Nearest town Orem, UT

Directions

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Race Loop

6.1 mi · ▲ 594 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 4,806–5,343 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.31203, -111.68862

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 765 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1.6 miBear left onto Provo River Parkway, heading E.
  3. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading NE.
  5. 200 ftSharp right onto Orem Blue Flow, heading E.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading E.
  7. 350 ftSharp left onto Orem Blue Flow, heading N.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto Orem Black Flow, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Flat Turns, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Garden, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Drop Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Pipeline Road, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftSharp left onto Connector, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right onto Race Loop, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left onto Connector, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right onto Pipeline Road, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Drop Trail, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Garden, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Flat Turns, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miSharp left onto Orem Black Flow, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftSharp right onto Orem Blue Flow, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftSharp right onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading SW.
  28. 350 ftContinue straight onto Orem Blue Flow, heading E.
  29. 50 ftSharp left onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading E.
  30. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Provo River Parkway, heading NE.
  32. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  33. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

70% paved30% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 765 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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