Rose Canyon Spring–Bear Fork Trail, 8 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 3,045 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Rose Canyon Spring–Bear Fork Trail, 8 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Rose Canyon County Open Space near Hi Country Estates, UT. The route reaches Rose Canyon Spring. It climbs 3,045 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Rose Canyon Spring–Bear Fork Trail, 8 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 3,045 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Elevation 6,099–7,669 ft
Out & Back · Rose Canyon County Open Space
Trailhead: 40.48614, -112.15111
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 76°F / low 57° · precip 9% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Tooele Fork Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bear Fork Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto City Canyon Road, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Water Fork Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Rose Canyon Spring.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Water Fork Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Rose Canyon Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Water Fork Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto City Canyon Road, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Fork Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Tooele Fork Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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