Utah · Mountain biking · Near Heber

Horse Flat Trail

1.9 mi
round trip
470 ft
climb
Singletrack
surface
Out and back
route
Jun–Sep
best months

Is Horse Flat Trail 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.

Horse Flat Trail is a mountain biking route in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Pleasant Grove Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is a hard ride, with a one-way climb of about 470 feet over roughly 1.9 miles. The out-and-back route starts at a low point of about 7,970 feet and reaches a high of about 8,462 feet. Summer is the most comfortable time to ride. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Alta, which sits a few hundred feet higher than the trail, show July highs around 73°F with lows near 50°F, while winter highs stay around 30°F. The trail sits right beside the Ridge Trail and Willow Hollow Winter, both about 0.1 mile away. Altamont Campground is about 1.2 miles off, and Echo Reservoir is about 3 miles away.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Salamander Flat Dispersed Campground

    Campground

    Campground · 0.9 mi from the trail
  • If it rainsAndrew Branch denae_andrew, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Alpine Art Center

    Museum

    Museum · 8.9 mi from Heber

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  • Best time to go · Jun–Sep

    Best time to visit Horse Flat Trail

    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.

    1. Jan

      31° / 15°

      14 wet

    2. Feb

      31° / 15°

      13 wet

    3. Mar

      37° / 20°

      13 wet

    4. Apr

      42° / 25°

      12 wet

    5. May

      53° / 33°

      10 wet

    6. Jun

      64° / 42°

      7 wet

    7. Jul

      73° / 50°

      7 wet

    8. Aug

      71° / 49°

      9 wet

    9. Sep

      62° / 41°

      9 wet

    10. Oct

      49° / 31°

      9 wet

    11. Nov

      37° / 21°

      11 wet

    12. Dec

      30° / 15°

      14 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Alta, UT, 11.1 mi away at 8,710 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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