Right Fork Days Canyon Trail via Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail

14.6 mi · ▲ 4,403 ft · 7 hr 4 min

Right Fork Days Canyon Trail via Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail is a 14.6-mile out-and-back near Mapleton, UT. It climbs 4,403 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,489 – 7,868 ft · steepest grade: 27%14.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail 40.13217, -111.52634
Nearest town Mapleton, UT

Directions

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Right Fork Days Canyon Trail via Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail

14.6 mi · ▲ 4,403 ft · 7 hr 4 min

Elevation 5,490–7,868 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail · 40.13217, -111.52634

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  2. 4.2 miBear left onto Right Fork Days Canyon Trail, heading E.
  3. 3.1 miReach Right Fork Days Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3.1 miBear right onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 4.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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