April Mountain Summit Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 868 ft · 2 hr 6 min

April Mountain Summit Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 868 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,710 – 7,553 ft · steepest grade: 30%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.66631, -111.49808
Nearest town Park City, UT

Directions

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April Mountain Summit Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 868 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 6,708–7,554 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.66631, -111.49808

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Poison Creek Lane & Sidewinder Drive stop 356 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Park City Parkway, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading E.
  7. 350 ftTurn right onto Lost Prospector Access, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftBear right onto SOS, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right onto Lost Prospector, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gambel Oak North, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftBear right onto Lost Prospector, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Masonic, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto April Mountain Summit Trail, heading E.
  15. 500 ftReach Park City Parkway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 500 ftBear left onto Masonic, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miBear right onto Lost Prospector, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Gambel Oak North, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lost Prospector, heading N.
  21. 0.5 miSharp left onto SOS, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miBear left onto Lost Prospector Access, heading SE.
  23. 250 ftTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading SE.
  24. 350 ftTurn right onto Park City Parkway, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  28. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 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

70% dirt26% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Poison Creek Lane & Sidewinder Drive stop 356 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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