Short Stack
2.8 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Short Stack is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Toll Canyon near Altus, UT. It climbs 810 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Short Stack
2.8 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 7,039–7,779 ft
Out & Back · Toll Canyon
Trailhead: 40.74960, -111.61900
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 56° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Short Stack, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Short Ribs, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Short Stack, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Short Ribs, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Water Tower Road, heading S.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Short Ribs, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Short Stack, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Short Ribs, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Short Stack, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Over Easy 2.1 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft
- Fire Road Connector & Grease Mark via Short Stack 2.6 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft
- Over Easy–Road to WOS, 4 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,502 ft
- Summit Park Peak & Over Easy 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,982 ft
- Over Easy & Road to WOS 5 mi · ▲ 1,777 ft
- Hoof It–Over Easy, 5 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 5,020 ft
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