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White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via Creek Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 881 ft · 1 hr 42 min

White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via Creek Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 881 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,628 – 8,573 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blackjack Return 40.58331, -111.64767
Nearest town Alta, UT
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White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via Creek Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 881 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 7,629–8,572 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Blackjack Return · 40.58331, -111.64767

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Black Jack Lodge (Up) stop 393 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Blackjack Return, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Chauner's Loop, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading W.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading S.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Miner's Road, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading SW.
  16. 450 ftReach White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 450 ftBear left onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
  21. 0.5 miBear left onto Miner's Road, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miBear left onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  25. 150 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NE.
  27. 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading E.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading E.
  29. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack Return, heading E.
  31. 0.3 miArrive 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/creek-road-out-back-4-km-51a2

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Black Jack Lodge (Up) stop 393 m from the trailhead

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