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Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights

15 mi · ▲ 3,087 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back near Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 3,087 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,155 – 8,380 ft · steepest grade: 33%15.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bountiful Peak Campground Road 40.98044, -111.80490
Nearest town Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, UT
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Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights

15 mi · ▲ 3,087 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Elevation 6,154–8,379 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bountiful Peak Campground Road · 40.98044, -111.80490

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bountiful Peak Campground Road, heading E.
  2. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Farmington Flat Road, heading E.
  4. 3.3 miBear right onto Deep Creek Trail, heading NW.
  5. 2.6 miReach Chicken Creek Loop Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  7. 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 1.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 2 miTurn left onto Gold Hill Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.4 miTurn left onto Farmington Flat Road, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Foundation Loop Road, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmington Flat Road, heading S.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right onto Bountiful Peak Campground Road, heading N.
  15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/chicken-creek-loop-road-deep-creek-trail-out-back-3-sights-24-km

Trail surface

72% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 6:07 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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