Utah: Utah County: Uinta NF: Provo Canyon: Stewart Falls or Stewart Cascades
Stewart Falls Trail or Stewart Cascades Trail
Trail Location: Near Sundance Ski Resort, UT in Provo Canyon
Trailhead: Aspen Grove along the Alpine Loop
Distance: 1.74 miles
Destination: Stewart Falls
USGS Map: Brighton
Time: 1 hour (one way)
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation gain: 327 feet
Elevation Traveled: 6888 - 7215 feet
Latitude: 40.3863
Longitude: -111.604
Best Season to Hike: Spring through late fall
Reference: North-central Utah, just east of Orem and Provo, UT, in the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness.
Permits: No permits are required. If you park in the Mount Timpanogos parking area there is an access fee to the area.
Restrictions: No Fires
The Hike
Stewart Falls is a very scenic three-tiered waterfall that is over 200 feet tall located on the east side of Mt Timpanogos in the North Fork of Provo Canyon near the Sundance Ski Resort. “It amazing to have such a beautiful and scenic place that is so close and has such easy access," said one visitor. The Stewart Falls hike is great for younger kids because it is such an easy hike.
Stewart Falls is a three-tieried falls that is over 200 feet tall and is located in the North Fork of Provo Canyon
Stewart Falls or officially know as Stewart Cascades
The hike to Stewart Falls has very little elevation change and travels through aspens, ferns, oak brush and mountain meadows, offering views of the back side of Mount Timpanogos and Sundance resort. When you go definitely take a pair of binoculars and a camera.
It is a fairly easy hike along a well-maintained trail, with signs marking critical junctions. Hiking time one-way is about 1 hour for most people. (Guests at Sundance Resort can hike to the falls via a shorter trail). A fee of per vehicle is charged for day-use along the paved Alpine Scenic Loop Road.
You can get to Stewart Falls on many trails but there are two main trails.
One trail starts from the top of Ray’s lift at Sundance Ski Resort. Rays’s lift operates during the summer and provides access to hiking and mountain biking trails. Take the lift up to Ray’s Summit and then trek through mountain forest and across the meadow to the falls. Allow 2 hours hiking time. Refer to www.sundance.com for details about the hike to Stewart Falls starting from the top of Ray’s lift.
The main trail starts at Aspen Grove with an approximately four mile round trip hike. The hike from Aspen Grove begins above the amphitheater at Theater-in-the-Pines picnic area. It's next to the BYU Aspen Grove Camp on the Provo Canyon North Fork Road. You can also start in the parking lot where the trail that leads to Mt. Timpanogos starts. The trail starts at the far end of the parking lot, heading East. Shortly there after the trail switches back as you head up the ridge (this is the most difficult part of the trail because of the incline. The trail continues and is well marked and easy to find.
Stewart Falls with Robert Horn on Mount Timpanogos in the background
Driving Directions to Trailhead
From I-15 take Exit 275 (UT State Road #52 or 800 north in Orem). Go east 3.5 miles to Provo Canyon to US 189. Follow the left turn left onto US 189 into Provo Canyon. Continue up Provo Canyon for 7 miles to Sundance Ski Resort turnoff (UT State Road #92). The turn to Sundance is just after to pass through and small tunnel. Turn left onto UT 92 continue up for 5 or 6 miles either to the Sundance Ski Area. If you are choosing to ride Ray’s Lift to the trailhead then park in the resort parking and make you way to Ray's Lift.
If you are choose the trail starting from Aspen Grove then follow the road past Sundance and the BYU facilities. There is a campground located on the south side of the road by the fee station for the Alpine Loop. The trailhead parking lot for the Aspen Grove Trailhead is located west of the campground.
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