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Bloods Lake–Bloods Lake Trail, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 3,426 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Bloods Lake–Bloods Lake Trail, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Brighton, UT. The route reaches Bloods Lake. It climbs 3,426 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi8,757 – 10,525 ft · steepest grade: 35%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Io Trail 40.61008, -111.53549
Nearest town Brighton, UT
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Bloods Lake–Bloods Lake Trail, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 3,426 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Elevation 8,756–10,527 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Io Trail · 40.61008, -111.53549

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftBear left onto Bloods Lake Trail, heading SW.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Kalamazoo Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Lupine Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lackasomthin Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lupine Trail, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftPass Bloods Lake.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftSharp left onto Lackawaxen Lake Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Lackasomthin Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lackawaxen Lake Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miBear right onto Clayton Connect Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Clayton Peak Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Golden Needle, heading SW.
  16. 0.8 miSharp left onto Moose Tracks Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp right onto Easy Rider, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 350 ftBear left onto Moose Tracks Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Easy Rider, heading N.
  21. 50 ftSharp left onto Moose Tracks Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Easy Rider, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miReach Bloods Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Moose Tracks Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miSharp right onto Easy Rider, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Moose Tracks Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  28. 350 ftBear right onto Easy Rider, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left onto Moose Tracks Trail, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftSharp right onto Golden Needle, heading SE.
  31. 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miBear left onto Clayton Peak Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right onto Clayton Connect Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miBear left onto Lackawaxen Lake Trail, heading SE.
  35. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lackasomthin Trail, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftBear left onto Lackawaxen Lake Trail, heading NE.
  37. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  38. 200 ftTurn right onto Lupine Trail, heading NE.
  39. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lackasomthin Trail, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lupine Trail, heading NE.
  41. 0.9 miTurn left onto Kalamazoo Trail, heading NE.
  42. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bloods Lake Trail, heading NE.
  43. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  44. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bloods-lake-bloods-lake-trail-out-back-5-sights-13-km

Trail surface

92% dirt1% gravel7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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