Alta-Brighton Trail–Days Fork Connector Trail, 6 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Mounthaven, UT. It climbs 3,695 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7,313 – 10,128 ft · steepest grade: 25%12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lower Loop 40.64356, -111.64144
Nearest town Mounthaven, UT
Directions
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Alta-Brighton Trail–Days Fork Connector Trail, 6 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 3,695 ft · 5 hr 35 min
Elevation 7,315–10,127 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lower Loop · 40.64356, -111.64144
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Spruces (Down) stop 373 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Loop, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Days Fork Trail, heading E.
- 3 miSharp left onto Days Fork Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Flagstaff Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Prince of Wales Mine Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Lazy Prince Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Honeycomb Cliffs Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lazy Prince Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Honeycomb Cliffs Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lazy Prince Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Alta-Brighton Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Summit Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Honeycomb Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Days Fork Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Summit Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Alta-Brighton Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Lazy Prince Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Honeycomb Cliffs Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lazy Prince Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honeycomb Cliffs Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lazy Prince Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Prince of Wales Mine Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Flagstaff Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Days Fork Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Days Fork Trail, heading NE.
- 3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Loop, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Nature Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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 surface
97% dirt3% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~209 min). Leave by 4:03 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Spruces (Down) stop 373 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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