Name: Aztec Butte Trail Side Loop
Rating: 2.7

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2.7 from 3 votes

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This is the junction of Aztec butte and the Granary. The butte ahead requires some rock scrambling to get up to the top.

Nov 23, 2017 near Moab, UT

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May 19, 2022

shawn grogan

Awesome climb up slick rock

May 2, 2021

Breck Tuttle

Nov 27, 2020

David Hitchcock

A little bit of scrambling to get to the top, but the views were great and it was neat to see the granaries.

Jul 13, 2020

Julia Gielczynski

Jul 30, 2019

Cameron Breither

Jul 12, 2019

Jack Sanders

11h 01m

Sep 21, 2018

Ryan Rossell

trail to ancient granary which is accessible from the Aztec Butte trail. 0.3mi

Jun 18, 2018

Kevin Barger

May 6, 2018

Brian L

0.3mi

Mar 11, 2018

Spencer Swift

2 granaries

Sep 18, 2017

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May 3, 2017

Jacob Galura

0.3mi

Sep 22, 2016

Khanh Vu

0.6mi

Apr 1, 2016

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6,160' 1,878 m

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