Big Dipper–Milky Way, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Big Dipper–Milky Way, 4 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Hideout, UT. It climbs 386 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,273 – 6,614 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ross Creek Trail 40.65598, -111.41438
Nearest town Hideout, UT

Directions

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Big Dipper–Milky Way, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 6,274–6,614 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Ross Creek Trail · 40.65598, -111.41438

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Longview, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ross Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Oh Deer Flow, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Tricky Loki, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Oh Deer Flow, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tricky Loki, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Jordanelle Parkway, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right onto Two Rocks, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Milky Way, heading SW.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  14. 50 ftReach Milky Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Milky Way, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading S.
  18. 300 ftBear left onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Two Rocks, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miSharp left onto Jordanelle Parkway, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tricky Loki, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oh Deer Flow, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Tricky Loki, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miBear right onto Oh Deer Flow, heading S.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Sven, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Longview, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

78% dirt22% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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