Chauner's Loop & Dick Bass Highway via Big Mountain Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 1,703 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,035 – 9,653 ft · steepest grade: 35%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Snowbird Access 2 Road 40.58030, -111.66193
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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Chauner's Loop & Dick Bass Highway via Big Mountain Trail
4 mi · ▲ 1,703 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 8,034–9,654 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Snowbird Access 2 Road · 40.58030, -111.66193
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 69°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: Iron Blosam stop 30 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Snowbird Access 2 Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Snowbird Entry #1 Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Creek Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dean's Delight, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mid-Way Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Chauner's Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gad Valley Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Chauner's Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gad Valley Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Chauner's Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Chauner's Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Miner's Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dean's Delight, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Snowbird Entry #1 Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Snowbird Access 2 Road, heading N.
- 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 surface
89% dirt7% paved4% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 69°F48°
Precip1%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity37%
Rained 0.7″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
63°46°
54%
Mon
59°45°
54%
Tue
68°45°
Wed
72°53°
Thu
69°55°
20%
Fri
75°53°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Iron Blosam stop 30 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Snowbird Access 2 Road Trailhead
- Blackjack Waterfall–Chauner's Loop, 3 sights 1.8 mi · ▲ 488 ft
- Observation Point Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Gloria Falls & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via White Pine Trail 4 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Chauner's Loop–Dick Bass Highway, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 2,169 ft
- Red Stack–Twin Peaks (east), 7 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 4,090 ft
- Maybird Gulch Trail–Red Pine Trail, 3 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 2,709 ft
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