Lone Peak Wilderness

Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 4,929 ft · 6 hr 38 min

Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 4,929 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,736 – 9,636 ft · steepest grade: 28%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Granite Flat Campground Loop A Road 40.48977, -111.65448
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT

Directions

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Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 4,929 ft · 6 hr 38 min

Elevation 6,737–9,637 ft

Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness

Trailhead: Granite Flat Campground Loop A Road · 40.48977, -111.65448

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 6.1 miBear left onto North Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftReach Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 150 ftBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
  7. 6.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.9 mi in (~230 min). Leave by 3:46 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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