Red Butte Viewpoint–Red Butte, 6 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area near Pinecrest, UT. The route passes Mount Wire and Red Butte before reaching Red Butte Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 3,860 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Butte Viewpoint–Red Butte, 6 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 3,860 ft · 6 hr 48 min
Elevation 6,333–7,564 ft
Out & Back · Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area
Trailhead: Old Mine Road Trail · 40.80776, -111.72300
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Mine Road Trail, heading S.
- 2.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 3.4 miPass Mount Wire.
- 0.5 miPass Red Butte.
- 250 ftReach Red Butte Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mount Wire West Trail, heading W.
- 4 miTurn left onto Freeze Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Old Mine Road Trail, heading NE.
- 2.4 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 3.4 mi in (~121 min). Leave by 5:35 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Old Mine Road Trail Trailhead
- Old Mine Road Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,281 ft
- EID reservoir–Freeze Creek Trail, 4 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 2,659 ft
- Freeze Creek - Brigham Fork connector–Freeze Creek Trail, 4 sights 10.7 mi · ▲ 3,010 ft
- Mount Wire West Viewpoint–Mount Wire, 5 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,855 ft
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