3.3 mi of trail, end to end · about 2,300 ft of climbing · 7,545 ft–9,753 ft · native material surface · trail No. 171 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike · seasonal: hiking 07/01-09/30
TrailheadCITY CREEK TRAILHEAD 7,526 ft Drive there
CITY CREEK TRAILHEAD the Forest Service's write-up
season May to
Trailhead #071. This horse and foot trail heads northwest out of City Creek Campground for approximately three miles where it will intersect trail #225 which is the Skyline Trail. If you head south on #225 you will reach Big Flat. If you head north you will reach the #219 Lake Stream Trailhead.
Restrictions Trails are horse and foot trails only. All wheeled vehicle travel is prohibited.
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
