Lone Peak Wilderness

Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail

12 mi · ▲ 6,357 ft · 7 hr 11 min

Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 6,357 ft, with sections as steep as 51% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,956 – 11,077 ft · steepest grade: 51%12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 40.49397, -111.65813
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT

Directions

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Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail

12 mi · ▲ 6,357 ft · 7 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,954–11,077 ft

Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness

Trailhead: Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail · 40.49397, -111.65813

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  2. 3.1 miBear left onto White Canyon Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Box Elder Peak Trail, heading S.
  4. 1.9 miBear right onto Box Elder Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miReach White Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Box Elder Peak Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.9 miBear left onto White Canyon Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
  9. 3.1 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

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 76°F53°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity28%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 75°54°
Sun 69°52° 57%
Mon 62°48° 57%
Tue 72°49°
Wed 78°57°
Thu 76°55° 20%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~167 min). Leave by 4:49 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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