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Lone Peak Wilderness

Dean's Delight–Red Pine Trail, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 2,122 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Dean's Delight–Red Pine Trail, 3 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Alta, UT. It climbs 2,122 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,635 – 9,033 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whirley Bird 40.58580, -111.65043
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Dean's Delight–Red Pine Trail, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 2,122 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Elevation 7,635–9,032 ft

Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness

Trailhead: Whirley Bird · 40.58580, -111.65043

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

Transit-accessible: Black Jack Lodge (Up) stop 264 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Whirley Bird, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading W.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading W.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading S.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading S.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading SW.
  10. 300 ftTurn right onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left onto White Pine Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left onto Red Pine Trail, heading SW.
  16. 1.6 miReach Dean's Delight, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 1.6 miTurn right onto White Pine Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading E.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading NE.
  22. 0.6 miTurn left onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
  23. 300 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  26. 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading NE.
  28. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NE.
  30. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  31. 350 ftContinue straight onto Whirley Bird, heading E.
  32. 200 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/deans-delight-red-pine-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

97% dirt3% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Black Jack Lodge (Up) stop 264 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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