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Yukon trails · Shorty Creek Trail

Shorty Creek Trail

A 3.1-mile out-and-back in Yukon, with 854 ft of climbing.

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Length
3.1 mi
Elevation gain
854 ft
Difficulty
Moderate
Max grade
27%
Steepest mile
+666 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
1.1 mi
Shape
out-and-back

Elevation profile

2,578 – 3,431 ft123

Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 58% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 1.0. It gives back about 495 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of Shorty Creek Trail

NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 8:03 a.m., the sun rises at 8:46 a.m. and sets at 7:01 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:44 p.m. (MST) — 10 h 16 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.3-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 11 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:56 a.m. — 7 h 05 min before sunset.

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