Slate Highline Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 1,820 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Slate Highline Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Slate Canyon Park near Ironton, UT. It climbs 1,820 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Slate Highline Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 1,820 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 4,724–6,450 ft
Out & Back · Slate Canyon Park
Trailhead: 40.21525, -111.62584
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 88°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto South Provo Gasline Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Slate Highline Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miReach Slate Highline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto South Provo Gasline Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 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 8:23 PM.
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