Lone Peak Wilderness

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

12.1 mi · ▲ 6,441 ft · 7 hr 15 min

Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 6,441 ft, with sections as steep as 59% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,756 – 11,077 ft · steepest grade: 59%12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Granite Flat Connector Trail 40.48984, -111.65264
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

12.1 mi · ▲ 6,441 ft · 7 hr 15 min

Elevation 6,754–11,077 ft

Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness

Trailhead: Granite Flat Connector Trail · 40.48984, -111.65264

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 3.3 miBear left onto White Canyon Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miBear right onto Box Elder Peak Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.9 miReach White Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  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. 3.4 miBear left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading SE.
  10. 450 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 76°F53°
Precip1%Wind5 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 76°54°
Sun 70°52° 56%
Mon 62°48° 60%
Tue 72°50°
Wed 79°57°
Thu 76°56° 26%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~181 min). Leave by 4:35 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:45 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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