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Chad's Gap via Flagstaff Mountain Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. The route reaches Chad's Gap. It climbs 1,469 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,560 – 9,971 ft · steepest grade: 40%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.59039, -111.63611
Nearest town Alta, UT

Directions

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Chad's Gap via Flagstaff Mountain Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 1,469 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 8,559–9,973 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.59039, -111.63611

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 67°F / low 50° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Alta Lodge (Down) stop 72 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Michigan City Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miPass Chad's Gap.
  10. 0.3 miBear left onto Flagstaff Mountain Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftReach Chad's Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Michigan City Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading W.
  18. 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  21. 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

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 67°F50°
Precip1%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity30%
Rained 0.5″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 67°50°
Sun 64°46° 55%
Mon 53°43° 62%
Tue 65°41°
Wed 72°50°
Thu 70°49° 29%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Alta Lodge (Down) stop 72 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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