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Alpine Lake–Lower Big Water Link Trail, 6 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,873 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Alpine Lake–Lower Big Water Link Trail, 6 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back near Lost Acres, UT. The route reaches Alpine Lake at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 2,873 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,628 – 8,987 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Big Water Trailhead 40.68446, -111.64880
Nearest town Lost Acres, UT
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Alpine Lake–Lower Big Water Link Trail, 6 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,873 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Elevation 7,627–8,986 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lower Big Water Trailhead · 40.68446, -111.64880

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Water Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Upper Big Water Trailhead Road, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Red Pine Road Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.9 miBear left onto Great Western Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Ridge Connector, heading E.
  8. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Mid-Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Coat, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right onto Insurgent, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Richochet, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Insurgent, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftReach Alpine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Richochet, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Insurgent, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Coat, heading S.
  17. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mid-Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  19. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Connector, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Great Western Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.9 miBear right onto Old Red Pine Road Trail, heading NW.
  22. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Upper Big Water Trailhead Road, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Big Water Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading N.
  26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alpine-lake-lower-big-water-link-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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