Box Elder Peak From Granite Flats

According to the utah county sheriff s office the plane went down near box elder peak.

Box elder peak from granite flats.

Four people died in the crash. Box elder peak is located in the wasatch range south of the little cottonwood canyon alpine ridge and north of mt. Dogs are also able to use this trail. Climbs over the summit of box elder peak.

This trail is unsanctioned use at your own risk. The trail is primarily used for hiking and is best used from june until october. 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. 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.

This is going to be where you ll see the fewest people most who climb box elder peak do so from the east granite flats. Because the summit is over 11k it is a popular hike among peak baggers. Start from granite flats campground near tibble fork. Box elder peak via deer creek dry creek trail is a 10 2 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near alpine utah that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as difficult.

Utah county emergency crews responded to a fatal airplane crash in american fork canyon friday morning. Timpanogos and lone peak it dominates the ridgeline above and to the north of american fork canyon. Meghan thackery deseret news. 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.

Earlier cannon told gephardt daily the crash site was in the box elder peak area above the granite flats campground.