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Mount Van Cott from Red Butte Gardens route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Utah

Mount Van Cott from Red Butte Gardens

Salt Lake City, Utah

2.4 mi

Distance

1,358 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 20m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Mount Van Cott from Red Butte Gardens unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,537 ft
Max:1,931 ft
Gain:414 ft
Loss:414 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,537 ft and 1,931 ft across 2.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,537 ft1,668 ft1,800 ft1,931 ft0.0 mi0.6 mi1.2 mi1.8 mi2.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,537 ft
High point1.2 mi1,931 ft
End2.4 mi1,537 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Salt Lake City, UT · in or next to town
County:
Salt Lake County, UT

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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