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Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Red's Summit Trail & Upper Black Forest Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Red's Summit Trail & Upper Black Forest Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Sundance, UT. It climbs 1,032 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,549 – 7,212 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.39483, -111.59224
Nearest town Sundance, UT
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Red's Summit Trail & Upper Black Forest Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 6,548–7,212 ft

Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Trailhead: 40.39483, -111.59224

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto The Owl'Law Trail, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Conor's Climb, heading SW.
  5. 450 ftBear right onto Lena's Loop, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miBear right onto Stewart Falls - Lower Trail, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Stewart Falls Upper Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Black Forest Trail, heading E.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Black Forest Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red's Summit Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miReach Upper Black Forest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Black Forest Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Black Forest Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stewart Falls Upper Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right onto Stewart Falls - Lower Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Lena's Loop, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miBear left onto Conor's Climb, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto The Owl'Law Trail, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/reds-summit-trail-upper-black-forest-trail-out-back

Trail surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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