Windy Pass Spring–Windy Pass, 4 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 3,682 ft · 5 hr 54 min
Windy Pass Spring–Windy Pass, 4 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Wildwood, UT. The route passes Windy Pass before reaching Windy Pass Spring at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 3,682 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Windy Pass Spring–Windy Pass, 4 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 3,682 ft · 5 hr 54 min
Elevation 5,759–8,931 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Spring Hollow Road · 40.33249, -111.52401
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 59° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Spring Hollow Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Springs Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shingle Mill Canyon Connector, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Springs - Shingle Mill Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Fork to Packard Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 4.5 miPass Windy Pass.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Windy Pass North Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Windy Pass Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Fork to Packard Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 4.8 miContinue straight onto Big Springs - Shingle Mill Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Shingle Mill Canyon Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Big Springs Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Spring Hollow Road, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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