Beartrap Fork Trail–Great Western Trail, 4 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Lost Acres, UT. It climbs 4,665 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,556 – 9,804 ft · steepest grade: 34%16.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lower Big Water Trailhead 40.68446, -111.64880
Nearest town Lost Acres, UT
Directions
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Beartrap Fork Trail–Great Western Trail, 4 sights
16 mi · ▲ 4,665 ft · 7 hr 40 min
Elevation 7,556–9,804 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lower Big Water Trailhead · 40.68446, -111.64880
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Big Water Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Great Western Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Desolation Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Beartrap Fork Trail, heading S.
- 2.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Lower Big Water Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Desolation Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Mill Creek Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Great Western Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Big Water Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mid Millcreek Connector, 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.7 mi in (~202 min). Leave by 4:14 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Mid Millcreek Connector 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,407 ft
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