Alexander-Bowman Trail & Lower Big Water Link Trail via Mid Millcreek Connector
8.7 mi · ▲ 2,627 ft · 4 hr 13 min
Alexander-Bowman Trail & Lower Big Water Link Trail via Mid Millcreek Connector is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Olympus Wilderness near Lost Acres, UT. It climbs 2,627 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Alexander-Bowman Trail & Lower Big Water Link Trail via Mid Millcreek Connector
8.7 mi · ▲ 2,627 ft · 4 hr 13 min
Elevation 7,192–8,614 ft
Out & Back · Mount Olympus Wilderness
Trailhead: Upper Big Water Trailhead Road · 40.68458, -111.64689
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Upper Big Water Trailhead Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Big Water Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mid Millcreek Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Alexander Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alexander-Bowman Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miReach Lower Big Water Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Alexander Basin Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Mid Millcreek Spur Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Water Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Upper Big Water Trailhead Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~127 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Upper Big Water Trailhead Road Trailhead
- Mid Millcreek Connector 2.9 mi · ▲ 481 ft
- Reynolds Peak–Dog Lake, 4 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,871 ft
- Dog Lake–Big Water Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft
- Mid Millcreek Connector 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,407 ft
- Little Water Trail & Old Red Pine Road Trail Loop via Great Western Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,035 ft
- Mid Millcreek Connector 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft
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