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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Michigan City Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Chad's Gap.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Flagstaff Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Chad's Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Michigan City Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 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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