Cardiff Pass–Cardiff Pass Trail, 3 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. The route reaches Cardiff Pass at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,661 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,544 – 9,961 ft · steepest grade: 36%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58740, -111.64203
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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Cardiff Pass–Cardiff Pass Trail, 3 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,661 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 8,543–9,962 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.58740, -111.64203
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Collins Gulch Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Michigan City Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cardiff Pass Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Cardiff Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Michigan City Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 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
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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