Box Elder Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 6,136 ft · 8 hr 8 min
Box Elder Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 6,136 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Box Elder Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 6,136 ft · 8 hr 8 min
Elevation 6,772–9,665 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.49147, -111.65700
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 3.2 miBear left onto White Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miBear left onto Box Elder Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miReach White Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miBear right onto White Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 3.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~174 min). Leave by 4:41 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Silver Lake–Silver Glance Lake, 6 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 3,237 ft
- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 4,089 ft
- Rock Spring–Tibble Fork Reservoir, 9 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 4,003 ft
- North Dry Creek Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 15.7 mi · ▲ 6,496 ft
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