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Dean's Delight & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 550 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 mi7,638 – 8,212 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chauner's Loop 40.58163, -111.65353
Nearest town Alta, UT

Directions

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Dean's Delight & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 550 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 7,637–8,211 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Chauner's Loop · 40.58163, -111.65353

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 68°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 214 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Chauner's Loop, heading W.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading SW.
  8. 300 ftTurn right onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miReach Dean's Delight, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  20. 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading E.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading E.
  23. 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

96% dirt4% paved

Weather

ClearTemperature 68°F48°
Precip1%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity34%
Rained 0.9″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 68°47°
Sun 63°48° 55%
Mon 54°44° 62%
Tue 66°43°
Wed 73°52°
Thu 71°51° 28%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 214 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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