Bear Trap Pass–Bench Trail, 5 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back near Tooele, UT. The route reaches Bear Trap Pass at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 1,888 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,394 – 7,202 ft · steepest grade: 34%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50494, -112.29052
Nearest town Tooele, UT
Directions
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Bear Trap Pass–Bench Trail, 5 sights
6 mi · ▲ 1,888 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Elevation 5,392–7,203 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.50494, -112.29052
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 66° · precip 0% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Dark Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Legion Park Camp Complex, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miReach Bear Trap Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right onto Bench Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Bottom Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Left Hand Fork Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Dark Trail, heading W.
- 350 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
51% dirt49% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 83°F66°
Precip0%Wind14 mphUV7Humidity19%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 7:00 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Sat
83°64°
Sun
77°57°
28%
Mon
67°55°
44%
Tue
77°54°
Wed
84°62°
Thu
79°61°
23%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dark Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 289 ft
- Settlement Canyon Reservoir 2.9 mi · ▲ 1,123 ft
- Left Hand Fork Trail–Muddy Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft
- Bottom Trail–Muddy Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,939 ft
- Bottom Trail–Left Hand Fork Trail, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,762 ft
- Little Mountain–England Pass, 5 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,530 ft
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