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Race Loop is a 6.8-mile out-and-back near Orem Station, UT. It climbs 591 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,774 – 5,302 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.31238, -111.69993
Nearest town Orem Station, UT

Directions

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Race Loop

6.8 mi · ▲ 591 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 4,775–5,301 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.31238, -111.69993

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

Transit-accessible: State St @ 763 N stop 194 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  3. 2.2 miBear left onto Provo River Parkway, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading NE.
  6. 200 ftSharp right onto Orem Blue Flow, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftSharp left onto Orem Blue Flow, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp left onto Orem Black Flow, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Flat Turns, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Garden, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Drop Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftSharp left onto Pipeline Road, heading NW.
  16. 450 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading S.
  17. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Race Loop, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Connector, heading W.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Pipeline Road, heading W.
  23. 450 ftSharp right onto Drop Trail, heading W.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Garden, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Flat Turns, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left onto Orem Black Flow, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftSharp right onto Orem Blue Flow, heading W.
  29. 50 ftSharp right onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading W.
  30. 350 ftContinue straight onto Orem Blue Flow, heading N.
  31. 50 ftSharp left onto Flow Zone Climb Trail, heading E.
  32. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Provo River Parkway, heading E.
  34. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  35. 2.2 miBear right, heading W.
  36. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

80% paved20% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: State St @ 763 N stop 194 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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