Dean's Delight–Maybird Gulch Trail, 5 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Alta, UT. It climbs 2,690 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7,635 – 9,800 ft · steepest grade: 24%10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Dick Bass Highway 40.58081, -111.65550
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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Dean's Delight–Maybird Gulch Trail, 5 sights
9.7 mi · ▲ 2,690 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Elevation 7,635–9,801 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Dick Bass Highway · 40.58081, -111.65550
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 69°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Snowbird Center stop 185 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Observation Point Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto White Pine Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Red Pine Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Maybird Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miReach Observation Point Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Red Pine Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto White Pine Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
- 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
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
ClearTemperature 69°F48°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity35%
Rained 0.9″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
69°47°
Sun
63°48°
54%
Mon
54°45°
54%
Tue
66°43°
Wed
73°52°
Thu
71°51°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Snowbird Center stop 185 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Dick Bass Highway Trailhead
- Chauner's Loop–Dick Bass Highway Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Blackjack Road–Chauner's Loop Loop, 5 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 900 ft
- Dean's Delight & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 550 ft
- Gloria Falls & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via White Pine Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,019 ft
- Blackjack Road–Chauner's Loop Loop, 8 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 2,625 ft
- Red Pine Lake–Dean's Delight, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,488 ft
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