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Buffalo Peak–Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint, 8 sights

10.4 mi · ▲ 3,163 ft · 5 hr 3 min

Buffalo Peak–Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint, 8 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Caryhurst, UT. The route passes Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint before reaching Buffalo Peak at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 3,163 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,918 – 8,009 ft · steepest grade: 25%11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Indian Road Trail 40.30799, -111.65236
Nearest town Caryhurst, UT
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Buffalo Peak–Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint, 8 sights

10.4 mi · ▲ 3,163 ft · 5 hr 3 min

Elevation 4,919–8,007 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Indian Road Trail · 40.30799, -111.65236

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Transit-accessible: River Park Dr @ 119 W stop 723 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Indian Road Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Smith Ditch, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lacey's Loops Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pole Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Hope Campground Road, heading S.
  17. 0.8 miPass Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint.
  18. 450 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Peak Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.9 miReach Buffalo Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right onto Upper Pole Canyon Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Pole Canyon Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.9 miTurn left onto Lacey's Loops Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 150 ftSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Smith Ditch, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Road Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  36. 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/buffalo-peak-khyv-peak-overlook-back-viewpoint-out-back-8-sights-17-km-ef33

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: River Park Dr @ 119 W stop 723 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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