Chauner's Loop & Dick Bass Highway via Big Mountain Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 1,721 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,147 – 9,653 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58224, -111.65125
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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Chauner's Loop & Dick Bass Highway via Big Mountain Trail
4 mi · ▲ 1,721 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 8,147–9,654 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.58224, -111.65125
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 68°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 265 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Chauner's Loop, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
- 300 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 SE.
- 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.
- 400 ftReach Chauner's Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
- 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 N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Chauner's Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
95% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 68°F48°
Precip1%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity34%
Rained 0.9″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
68°47°
Sun
63°48°
55%
Mon
54°44°
62%
Tue
66°43°
Wed
73°52°
Thu
71°51°
28%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 265 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Dean's Delight & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 550 ft
- Blackjack Road & Peruvian Gulch Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,410 ft
- Baby Thunder Trail–Chauner's Loop, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 976 ft
- Gloria Falls & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via White Pine Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,019 ft
- Red Pine Lake–Dean's Delight, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,488 ft
- Blackjack Waterfall–Blackjack Road, 5 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 5,445 ft
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