Trip Report: Hike to Dude's Benchmark
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Hike to Dude's Benchmark By Sally Golla |
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| HIKE | 03/28/2026 | MOD |
| The hike to Dude's Benchmark was long, but pleasant as Julie Kilgore promised in the activity description. We were gifted a cool blue bird day for our 6-hour hiking day. After following the road in City Creek Canyon until we hit the first (however last for us) proper vault toilet, we jumped on the City Creek pipeline trail. This trail is a straight-shot, mile-long climb of +1,000' until hitting the main Grandview Peak Trail. From there, it's a cruising speed ridge roller coaster until you hit Dude's Benchmark. The views from the ridge are vast and a good reminder of the nature just outside our front-doors. After jokes, snacks and hawk viewing at the summit, we headed back down the ridge. While the conversation flowed, the trail meandered away from us at a time, leading us to hit that 3,000' gain in elevation we were aiming for with a bonus steep rocky hill where one of us fell on their bum (it was me...). (apologies to my fellow participants, I do not have the list of attendee names) |
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