Alexander Basin Trail & Burch Hollow Trail via Pipeline Trail is a 16.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Olympus Wilderness near Mount Aire, UT. It climbs 4,591 ft, with sections as steep as 50% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Alexander Basin Trail & Burch Hollow Trail via Pipeline Trail
16.2 mi · ▲ 4,591 ft · 7 hr 42 min
Elevation 5,877–10,220 ft
Out & Back · Mount Olympus Wilderness
Trailhead: Grandeur Peak Trail · 40.70061, -111.74255
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 67° · precip 1% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grandeur Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Burch Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Mount Aire Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading E.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Alexander Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Gobbler's Knob Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Alexander Basin Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Burch Hollow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gobbler's Knob Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Alexander Basin Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miSharp left onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Mount Aire Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Burch Hollow Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pipeline Trail, heading SW.
- 2.7 miTurn left onto Grandeur Peak Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 8.1 mi in (~326 min). Leave by 2:11 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Grandeur Peak Trail Trailhead
- Pipeline Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rattlesnake Trail Section & Rattlesnake Gulch Trail via Pipeline Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 259 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rattlesnake Trail Section & Rattlesnake Gulch Trail via Pipeline Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 762 ft
- Pipeline Overlook–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Grandeur Peak Section, 4 sights 6 mi · ▲ 1,130 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Grandeur Peak Section–Crestwood Gulch Trail Loop, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 3,964 ft
- Mount Aire–Burch Hollow Trail, 3 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,900 ft
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