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
- Start on Longview, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ross Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Oh Deer Flow, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tricky Loki, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Oh Deer Flow, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tricky Loki, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Jordanelle Parkway, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Two Rocks, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Milky Way, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Milky Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Milky Way, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Two Rocks, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Jordanelle Parkway, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Tricky Loki, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oh Deer Flow, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tricky Loki, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Oh Deer Flow, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sven, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Longview, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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
More from Ross Creek Trail Trailhead
- Jordanelle Parkway 1.9 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- Jordanelle Parkway 2.1 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- North Ross Creek Trail & Oh Deer Flow via Jordanelle Parkway 2.4 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Skyridge Peak Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 610 ft
- Jordanelle Parkway 4.6 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Jordanelle Parkway 4.7 mi · ▲ 382 ft
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