South Sweeney & Woodside Gulch via Mother Urban is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 981 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,120 – 7,973 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64200, -111.49492
Nearest town Park City, UT
Directions
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South Sweeney & Woodside Gulch via Mother Urban
3.9 mi · ▲ 981 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 7,120–7,974 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.64200, -111.49492
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 483 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto South Sweeney, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Sweeney, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto King Road Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Woodside Gulch, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto King Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach South Sweeney, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Woodside Gulch, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mother Urban, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto King Road Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Sweeney, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mother Urban, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto South Sweeney, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading NW.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
90% dirt3% other2% paved5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 483 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Drift Road–Flat Cable, 7 sights 2 mi · ▲ 717 ft
- Mother Urban 3 mi · ▲ 695 ft
- Woodside Gulch via Mother Urban 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft
- Treasure Hill–Silver King Mill Loop, 9 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft
- Mother Urban 3.8 mi · ▲ 997 ft
- First Time–Flat Cable Loop, 8 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft
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