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Utah · Hiking · Near Heber
Big Cottonwood Mine Loop
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 346 ft
- climb
- 9,603 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Big Cottonwood Mine Loop open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Big Cottonwood Mine Loop is a short out-and-back trail in Utah covering 0.62 miles with 346 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 9,603 feet.
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Best time to go · Jun–Sep
Best time to visit Big Cottonwood Mine Loop
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
31° / 11°
Feb
31° / 12°
Mar
37° / 17°
Apr
43° / 22°
May
52° / 30°
Jun
64° / 39°
Jul
72° / 47°
Aug
71° / 46°
Sep
62° / 38°
Oct
49° / 28°
Nov
37° / 18°
Dec
30° / 11°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Silver Lake Brighton, UT, 0.9 mi away at 8,740 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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