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Race Loop

6.5 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Race Loop is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Orem Station, UT. It climbs 610 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,790 – 5,345 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.31213, -111.69352
Nearest town Orem Station, UT
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Directions

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Race Loop

6.5 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 4,791–5,343 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.31213, -111.69352

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: State St @ 600 N (NB) stop 662 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1.9 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. 150 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 ftSharp left onto Pipeline Road, heading W.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading S.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto Race Loop, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Connector, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Pipeline Road, heading N.
  20. 450 ftSharp right onto Drop Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Garden, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Flat Turns, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miSharp left onto Orem Black Flow, heading W.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Orem Blue Flow, heading S.
  26. 50 ftSharp right onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading S.
  27. 350 ftContinue straight onto Orem Blue Flow, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftSharp left onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Provo River Parkway, heading E.
  31. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  32. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/race-loop-out-back-11-km-973e

Trail surface

74% paved26% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: State St @ 600 N (NB) stop 662 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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