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Wasatch Mountain State Park

Spring Pond Loop Trail via Birdie Shot

4 mi · ▲ 537 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Spring Pond Loop Trail via Birdie Shot is a 4-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Mound City, UT. It climbs 537 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,853 – 6,208 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.54918, -111.51240
Nearest town Mound City, UT
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Spring Pond Loop Trail via Birdie Shot

4 mi · ▲ 537 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 5,853–6,207 ft

Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park

Trailhead: 40.54918, -111.51240

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Birdie Shot, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Huber Grove Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Runoff, heading NW.
  13. 350 ftContinue straight onto Epperson Trail, heading W.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Pond Loop Trail, heading S.
  15. 100 ftReach Spring Pond Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Epperson Trail, heading S.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Runoff, heading W.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Huber Grove Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Birdie Shot, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/spring-pond-loop-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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