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Utah Valley has one paved half-mile to a waterfall and one fifteen-mile day on Timpanogos, and most people searching for a hike here are trying to work out which end of that they want. Filter by the thing that actually narrows it — how hard, how far, whether the dog comes, whether the road is even open — then open the guide.

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Why these numbers come with a range attached

A finder wants one number per trail. Utah Valley mostly does not have one. These routes are segments of longer trails, or they are reachable from more than one trailhead, or they get measured to different endpoints — so published figures disagree, sometimes wildly. Provo Peak is a three-mile round trip or a thirteen-mile round trip depending entirely on where you park.

So every entry below carries the published spread, and where a single number is used for sorting, the card says which route that number describes. Nine of the guides linked from this page exist substantially to explain their own disputed figure. Flattening that into one tidy statistic would make this page contradict the pages it sends you to.

There are also no fee amounts anywhere on this site. Forest Service day-use figures change and stale ones circulate for years, so entries name the fee regime and send you to the agency for the number.

Provo Canyon · Easy Bridal Veil Falls ~0.5 mi round trip · Essentially flat Full guide → Provo Canyon & Orem · Easy Provo River Parkway Up to ~15 mi, walk any part · Flat · figures disputed Full guide → American Fork Canyon · Easy Cascade Springs ~0.7 mi of boardwalk loops · Minimal Full guide → Payson Canyon · Easy Grotto Falls ~0.5-0.7 mi round trip · Minimal · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Easy Silver Lake Flat Reservoir Shoreline walking; no loop trail published · Essentially none · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → South Fork, Provo Canyon · Easy to moderate Big Springs Hollow ~3.5-4.3 mi loop · ~450-1,000 ft · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Pleasant Grove · Easy or moderate -- both are correct Battle Creek Falls ~1.4 mi round trip · ~450 ft · figures disputed Full guide → Aspen Grove / Sundance · Easy to moderate Stewart Falls ~3.2-3.8 mi round trip · ~650-780 ft · figures disputed Full guide → The bench above Provo & Orem · Easy to moderate, by segment Bonneville Shoreline Trail Varies -- pick a segment · Varies by segment · figures disputed Full guide → Orem to Lehi · Easy Murdock Canal Trail ~17 mi, walk any part · Flat, paved · figures disputed Full guide → Provo · Moderate to strenuous Y Mountain Trail ~2.2-2.4 mi round trip · ~1,100 ft · figures disputed Full guide → Provo · Easy at the bottom, moderate to hard at the top Rock Canyon Trail ~5.7 mi round trip to the upper basin · ~1,400-1,700 ft to the upper basin · figures disputed Full guide → American Fork Canyon · Moderate to strenuous Timpanogos Cave Trail ~3 mi round trip · 1,092 ft Full guide → South Provo · Moderate to strenuous Slate Canyon 3.7 mi one way (7.4 mi out and back) · ~3,300 ft for the full canyon · figures disputed Full guide → Lindon & Orem · Hard Dry Canyon ~5.7 mi round trip · ~2,900 ft · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Hard Silver Lake (alpine) ~4.5 mi round trip · ~1,200-1,450 ft · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Provo · Hard Kyhv Peak ~7.5 mi round trip from Rock Canyon Trailhead · ~2,750 ft · figures disputed · figures from another guide Full guide → East of Provo · Very hard from the valley; short but steep from the high trailhead Provo Peak ~3 mi RT high trailhead, ~13 mi RT from the valley · ~6,800 ft from the valley · figures disputed · figures from another guide Full guide → American Fork Canyon / Aspen Grove · Very hard Mount Timpanogos ~14-16.7 mi round trip · ~4,400-5,600 ft · figures disputed Full guide → South Utah County · Very hard Mount Nebo Long -- varies by trailhead · Varies by trailhead · figures disputed Full guide → Saratoga Springs to Lehi · Easy Jordan River Parkway (Utah County section) ~10 mi in Utah County, walk any part · Flat, paved Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Diamond Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon · Moderate Fifth Water Hot Springs ~5 mi round trip from Three Forks · ~600 ft (AllTrails) · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Easy Tibble Fork Reservoir Short lakeside walking; no loop distance published · Essentially none Full guide → Pleasant Grove · Hard Grove Creek Canyon Not published for this canyon alone · Sustained canyon climb; no figure for this canyon alone · figures from another guide Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Canyon · Easy Payson Lakes Recreation Area Paved paths through the area; no loop distance published · Essentially none Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Canyon / Nebo Loop · Easy Devil's Kitchen 0.12 mi one way (trail length) · Flat, paved Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Salem · Easy Salem Pond Short paved loop; no distance published · Flat, paved Covered in the quiet-trails guide → South Fork, Provo Canyon · Easy South Fork Trail 3.5 mi round trip · ~300 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → East of Provo · Moderate Archie's Loop 2.2 mi · ~600 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Provo Canyon · Moderate Race Loop ~6 mi loop · ~800 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → North Fork, American Fork Canyon · Moderate Mill Canyon Trail #040 3.5 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Moderate Tibble Fork Trail #041 1.7 mi one way to the Mud Springs junction · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Hard Bear Canyon Trail #179 2.1 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Alpine Loop, American Fork Canyon · Easy Lame Horse Trail #055 2.4 mi one way, trailhead to trailhead · Not published by the land manager · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Alpine Loop, American Fork Canyon · Moderate Snow Gauging Trail #189 1.3 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, American Fork Canyon · Very hard Box Elder Trail #044 7.5 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Pleasant Grove bench · Moderate Curly Springs Trail #051 2.4 mi one way (connector length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Timpanogos front, above Lindon and Orem · Hard Little Baldy Trail #033 6 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Squaw Peak Road, above Provo · Moderate Rock Canyon-Dry Fork Trail #060b 3.1 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Above the Y, east Provo · Hard Slide Canyon Trail #062 3.4 mi one way above the Y · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Mineral Basin, American Fork Canyon · Hard Pittsburg Lake Trail #035 No distance published by the land manager · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Moderate Forest Lake Trail #171 No distance published by the land manager · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, above Draper · Very hard Jacobs Ladder Trail #187 3.8 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Full guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, above Draper · Hard First Hamongog Trail #200 3.64 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, above Draper · Very hard Second Hamongog Trail #186 5.1 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon · Very hard Mount Timpanogos via Timpooneke ~14-15 mi round trip · ~4,400-4,700 ft · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Aspen Grove, American Fork Canyon · Very hard Mount Timpanogos via Aspen Grove ~14-16.7 mi round trip · ~4,800-5,600 ft · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Mount Timpanogos summit ridge · Very hard Timpanogos Summit Trail #054 2.2 mi (Forest Service trail length) · Well over 1,000 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Kyhv Peak Road, above Provo Canyon · Easy, with a short steep finish Buffalo Peak About 1 mi round trip from the road · Roughly 250-300 ft Full guide → Kyhv Peak Road, above Provo Canyon · Moderate Buffalo Peak from the Kyhv Peak Overlook A little over 4 mi round trip · About 1,400 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Above Lindon and Pleasant Grove · Hard Big Baldy 7.2-7.5 mi round trip from Dry Canyon · About 3,320-3,331 ft · figures disputed Full guide → Pleasant Grove · Hard Big Baldy via Battle Creek 9.9 mi round trip · About 3,520 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → The bench above east Provo · Easy to moderate Bonneville Shoreline Trail: Y Mountain to Rock Canyon 5.1 mi out and back (about 2.5 mi one way) · About 650 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, American Fork Canyon · Very hard Box Elder Peak ~10.5-11.5 mi round trip from Granite Flat · ~4,300-5,000 ft · figures disputed Full guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, above Alpine and Draper · Very hard, with a summit scramble Lone Peak Roughly 11-13 mi round trip by either main route · About 6,000 ft between the valley and the summit (relief, not a measured route gain) · figures disputed Full guide → Mount Timpanogos Wilderness · Very hard Timpanogos Traverse (Timpooneke to Aspen Grove) 14.3 mi point to point over the summit · About 4,370 ft Full guide → Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County · Easy Silver Lake Nature Trail (Brighton) 0.9 mi loop · About 29 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County · Easy, with slick rock at the end Donut Falls 1.4 mi RT from the upper lot; 3.3 mi from the lower · About 240-460 ft by lot · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Albion Basin, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County · Moderate Cecret Lake 1.8 mi round trip · About 460 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Twin Peaks Wilderness, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County · Hard Lake Blanche 6.7 mi round trip · About 2,700 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Mount Olympus Wilderness, Holladay, Salt Lake County · Strenuous, with a Class 3 scramble Mount Olympus 7.2 mi round trip · About 4,180 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Millcreek Canyon, Salt Lake County · Hard, no scrambling Grandeur Peak from Church Fork 6.5 mi round trip · About 2,580 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Wasatch Boulevard, Salt Lake County · Hard, the steepest way up Grandeur Peak west face 4.6 mi round trip · About 3,310 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Millcreek front, Salt Lake County · Hard (full canyon); easy short loop Neffs Canyon 7.4 mi round trip (or a 1.3 mi loop) · About 3,560 ft (loop: about 420 ft) Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Millcreek Canyon, Salt Lake County · Easy middle, moderate from Rattlesnake Gulch Pipeline Trail (Millcreek Canyon) 4.0 mi RT, Rattlesnake Gulch to the overlook · About 670 ft (Burch Hollow section: about 100 ft) Covered in the quiet-trails guide → The Avenues, Salt Lake City · Short but steep Ensign Peak 1 mi round trip · About 390 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Salt Lake City foothills · Moderate The Living Room Lookout 2.4 mi round trip · About 990 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Lone Peak Wilderness, Sandy, Salt Lake County · Moderate (read from the published climb; our guide gives no rating) Bells Canyon (lower falls) About 4.5 mi round trip to the lower falls · Roughly 1,500 ft Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville · Easy to moderate (several stream crossings) Left Fork Days Canyon Trail #011 3.69 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville · Moderate (steepens at the end) Kirkman Hollow Trail #012 2.71 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville · Easy Wardsworth Canyon Trail #010 3.33 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville · Moderate Packard Canyon Trail #091 4.21 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville · Moderate Dry Canyon Cutoff Trails #128 and #128A 5.54 mi one way (#128); #128A is 2.16 mi · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville · Easy to moderate (gentle slope, long) Dry Canyon Trail #003 (Hobble Creek) 5.92 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Maple Canyon, Mapleton · Moderate Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail #006 5.89 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Maple Canyon, Mapleton · Hard (some very steep sections) Right Fork Maple Canyon Trail #007 5.19 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Spanish Fork Canyon, below Spanish Fork Peak · Very hard Sterling Hollow Trail #008 (Spanish Fork Peak) 4.51 mi one way to the summit (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Diamond Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon · Moderate to the springs, hard to Strawberry Ridge Fifth Water Trail #015 (full trail) 9.62 mi one way to Strawberry Ridge (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Diamond Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon · Easy grade, long Cottonwood-Second Water Trail #018 7.61 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Rays Valley, above Diamond Fork · Easy Fourth Water Trail #017 2.26 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Diamond Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon · Moderate (the agency's own description conflicts) Little Diamond Trail #016 2.68 mi one way (trail length) · Agency text says 1,800 ft; see the dispute note · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Diamond Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon · Hard (long; steepens after the first section) Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail #013 12.78 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Diamond Fork, Spanish Fork Canyon · Moderate (steep start, then gentle) Monks Hollow Trail #126 4.33 mi one way (agency length) · Not published by the land manager · figures disputed Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Spanish Fork Canyon · Moderate Long Hollow Trail #125 7 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Sheep Creek, Spanish Fork Canyon · Moderate (the agency's 'moderately steep') Jocks Canyon Trail #019 2.5 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Spanish Fork Canyon, end of the Red Narrows · Hard (relatively steep, straight up) Teat Mountain Trail #202 3.28 mi one way to the top (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Strawberry Ridge, above Spanish Fork Canyon · Easy (relatively easy, scenic) Tie Fork Trail #023 2.43 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Canyon / Nebo Loop · Easy to moderate Bennie Creek Trail #071 4.54 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Maple Bench, Payson Canyon · Easy Red Lake Trail #183 1.78 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Lakes, Nebo Loop · Hard Loafer Mountain Trail #098 5.8 mi one way (trail length) · Almost 2,100 ft over the upper five miles (agency) Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Lakes, Nebo Loop · Easy Box Lake Trail #127 0.6 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Lakes, Nebo Loop · Easy Jones Ranch Trail #123 2.78 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Payson Lakes, Nebo Loop · Easy (rolling, gentle) Rock Springs Trail #101 4.53 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nebo Loop, Payson Lakes to Monument · Moderate (steady elevation, long) Blackhawk Trail #084 14.92 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Blackhawk, Nebo Loop · Moderate Blackhawk Loop Trail #102 4.44 mi loop (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Santaquin Canyon Road, Nebo Loop · Moderate (level, then steady drop) Calkens Hollow Trail #115 3.32 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Santaquin Canyon Road, Nebo Loop · Easy to moderate (gentle after a short climb) Shram Creek Trail #124 2.32 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Santaquin Meadows, Nebo Loop · Moderate (few steep grades) Sheepherder Hill Trail #099 4.87 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Santaquin Canyon turnoff, Nebo Loop · Moderate (short, steep) Holman Canyon Trail #105 0.8 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Blackhawk, Nebo Loop · Moderate Beaver Dam Trail #103 3.82 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nebo Loop, near the Beaver Dam Overlook · Easy to moderate Frank Young Canyon Trail #097 1.4 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Monument Trailhead, Nebo Loop · Very hard (non-maintained summit scramble) North Peak Trail #089 (Mount Nebo) 4.49 mi one way to Wolf Pass area (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Mount Nebo Wilderness, Nebo Loop · Very hard (demanding, hard to follow past five miles) Nebo Bench Trail #117 11.32 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Mount Nebo Wilderness · Very hard Nebo Peak Trail #116 (Mount Nebo Trail) 2.27 mi (trail length; reached from #117 or #118) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Southeast of Mona, Mount Nebo Wilderness · Very hard (one of the steepest in the area) Willow Creek Trail #118 (Mona side of Mount Nebo) 3.41 mi one way to the ridge (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Monument Trailhead, Nebo Loop · Moderate (downhill out, uphill back) Black Canyon Trail #106 2.23 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Monument Trailhead to Tinney Flat · Hard (steep drop, rugged final mile) White Pine Hollow Trail #111 4.7 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Monument Trailhead, Nebo Loop · Moderate (easy to follow, very rocky late) Mona Pole Canyon Trail #109 6 mi (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nebo Loop, a mile past the Monument Trailhead · Moderate Right Fork Salt Creek Trail #110 4.02 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nebo Loop, near Devil's Kitchen · Moderate (fairly level ridge, steep end) Summit Trail #113 (Nebo Loop) 8 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nebo Creek, below the Nebo Loop · Moderate (hard to follow in places) Sawmill-Nebo Creek Trail #130 5.17 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nebo Creek, east of the Nebo Loop · Easy lower canyon, steady climb to the ridge Page Fork Trail #088 3.57 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nephi end of the Nebo Loop · Moderate (a few steep, rocky switchbacks) Bear Canyon Trail #132 (Nebo Loop) 3.06 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Nephi end of the Nebo Loop · Moderate (one steep descent) Mahogany Hill Trail #093 4.56 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Alpine Loop summit, American Fork Canyon · Moderate near the Summit Trailhead, harder north of Mill Canyon Ridge Trail #157 15.7 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Alpine Loop summit, American Fork Canyon · Moderate South Fork of Little Deer Creek Trail #252 3.5 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Alpine Loop summit, American Fork Canyon · Moderate Horse Flat Trail #250 No total length published by the land manager · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → North Fork, American Fork Canyon · Hard (steep climbs and descents) Mud Springs Trail #173 2.6 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → North Fork, American Fork Canyon · Hard (grades to 35 percent) Holman Trail #039 5.2 mi one way (sum of three published segments) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → American Fork Canyon high country · Very hard (grades 25 to 45 percent) East Ridge Trail #038 4.23 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → Mount Timpanogos north and west faces · Hard (long, grades to 30 percent) Timpooneke-Chris Flat Trail #151 8.5 mi one way (sum of published segments) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → South Fork, Provo Canyon · Hard (very steep, grades to 40 percent) Big Springs Hollow Trail #059 (to the ridge) 5.4 mi one way to the ridge (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → South Fork, Provo Canyon · Hard (grades to 40 percent, long) South Fork of Packard Canyon Trail #058 About 13.5 mi one way (sum of published segments) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide → South Fork, Provo Canyon · Hard (steep, hard to follow) Shingle Mill Trail #057 2.0 mi one way (trail length) · Not published by the land manager Covered in the quiet-trails guide →

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The three closures that decide your winter

Hiking here is governed less by snow on the trail than by gates on roads. The Alpine Loop, the Nebo Loop and Kyhv Peak Road all close for the season, and between them they remove the approaches to Cascade Springs, Stewart Falls, both Silver Lakes, Grotto Falls and the short route on Provo Peak. All three are snow-dependent at both ends and the dates move year to year, so check current status rather than the calendar. What is left — the bench, the parkway, the canyons that start at the valley floor — is on the year-round list above.

What this finder deliberately leaves out

Through-routes. The Great Western Trail and the Big Springs connector through to Rock Canyon have no single distance, gain or difficulty, and a tool that sorts on a number cannot represent them without inventing one. They are covered properly in the guides instead. The same goes for fee amounts, trailhead lot counts as a current figure, and anything else that would be wrong by next season.

Keep reading

Finder last reviewed 2026-10-20. Facts are drawn from this site's own trail guides, each linked from its card. Utah Valley trail statistics are unusually contested, and that is a fact about the trails rather than about the sources. Most of these routes are segments of longer trails, are reachable from more than one trailhead, or are measured to different endpoints. Where the published figures disagree, this directory carries the SPREAD and names which route its filter number describes, in filterBasis. It does not pick a winner. Nine of the guides linked from here exist substantially to explain their own disputed number.