Up The Creek Campground
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Utah
Lower Captain Ahab Trail
2.0 mi
Distance
559 ft
Gain
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Trail character
- Surface
- Singletrack
- Direction
- One-way only
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Lower Captain Ahab Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 559 ft
- Highest point
- 4,640 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,070 ft
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About this trail
Lower Captain Ahab Trail is a 2.02-mile out-and-back singletrack in Utah managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The trail gains 707 feet of elevation and is rated as a Black Diamond / Difficult by IMBA.
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- Managing agency
- Bureau of Land Management
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