Dogs are also able to use this trail.
Box elder peak from granite flats.
Box elder peak is located in the wasatch range south of the little cottonwood canyon alpine ridge and north of mt.
According to the utah county sheriff s office the plane went down near box elder peak.
Box elder peak 11 101 ft is the large well known peak in between mt.
Cannon said the craft is a small plane but the make and the model have not.
This is a mix of well maintained trail and dry creek beds the name kinda gives it away.
This trail is unsanctioned use at your own risk.
Witnesses saw the small plane a 1975 fixed wing single engine cessna 172m go down friday morning and officials located the wreckage in the area of box elder peak above the granite flats.
Meghan thackery deseret news.
The trail is primarily used for hiking and is best used from june until october.
Because the summit is over 11k it is a popular hike among peak baggers.
Earlier cannon told gephardt daily the crash site was in the box elder peak area above the granite flats campground.
Utah county emergency crews responded to a fatal airplane crash in american fork canyon friday morning.
Search and rescue personal survey an airplane that crashed above the granite flat campground in the box elder peak area of american fork canyon on friday july 3 2020.
The peak is over shadowed by timpanogos as well as nearby lone peak and the pfeifferhorn but it still offers outstanding views of these and many other surrounding peaks.
Climbs over the summit of box elder peak.
Timpanogos and lone peak it dominates the ridgeline above and to the north of american fork canyon.
Start from granite flats campground near tibble fork.