North Slope Highline
- 10.4 mi
- round trip
- 1,041 ft
- climb
- 10,750 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is North Slope Highline open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
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North Slope Highline is a 10.4-mile out-and-back hike in the High Uintas Wilderness, part of the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in northern Utah. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is rated hard, with a one-way elevation gain of 1,041 feet from a low point of about 9,880 feet to a high of about 10,750 feet. The trail is natural-surfaced and allows horses, but not bikes. It is not an accessible route. Bald Mountain sits just 0.1 mile away, and the Bear River-Smith Fork Trail and East Fork Blacks Fork Connect are both within a mile. East Fork Blacks Fork Campground is about 1.3 miles off.
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