Desolation Trail
This long, run-hike climb rises in Utah. Expect 80 to 133 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 17.2% and start 7.9 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Northwest-facing, so it stays cool and holds snow late. The nearest named summit, Thayne Peak at 2,638 m, is 387 m away. At 7.5 TEP it is harder than 69% of the climbs in the catalogue. It is graded demanding mountain hiking: expect sections where you watch every step.
- TEP
- 7.5
- Climb
- +1023 m
- Distance
- 10.5 km
- Average grade
- 9.8%
- Time
- 80 to 133 min
Climbs nearby
- Thaynes Canyon, 2.9 km at 20.3% (0.1 km away)
- Grandeur Peak, 4.3 km at 16.2% (0.6 km away)
- Mill Creek Crest, 1.7 km at 30.3% (1.5 km away)
- Porter Fork, 5.8 km at 17.0%, Utah (1.6 km away)
- Bowman Fork, 6.6 km at 14.4% (2.1 km away)
- Neffs Canyon, 1.3 km at 18.7% (2.2 km away)
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