Frothing river winds past solitary mesas and ancestral Puebloan buildings carving out dramatic rock formations in Canyonlands National Park before blustering on down around picturesque bluffs towards Moab.
The Sweet Ranch Trail starts at the Greendale Rest Area on Hwy 44 (just east of its junction with Hwy. 191) and follows a dirt road past historic Sweet Ranch and on to a fun downhill section (if sprinting it is probably not advised). The route becomes thinner as it enters a grove of aspen and crosses a few streams. The return entails a difficult 1-1/2 mile strenuous scramble of an ascent up to your starting point.
Length:
7 mile loop
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Time:
2-3 hours
Trailhead Elevation:
750
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