Devil's Castle Loop Trail–Home Run Trail, 5 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 1,180 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,547 – 9,764 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58740, -111.64203
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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Devil's Castle Loop Trail–Home Run Trail, 5 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,180 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 8,547–9,765 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.58740, -111.64203
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 67°F / low 50° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Collins Gulch Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Lower Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Snake Pit Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Home Run Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Devil's Castle Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mandelbrot Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Devil's Castle Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Lower Albion Meadows Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mandelbrot Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Devil's Castle Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Home Run Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Snake Pit Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Lower Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Collins Gulch Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 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
93% dirt1% boardwalk6% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 67°F50°
Precip1%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity30%
Rained 0.5″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
67°50°
Sun
64°46°
55%
Mon
53°43°
62%
Tue
65°41°
Wed
72°50°
Thu
70°49°
29%
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Albion Meadow Trail–Home Run Trail, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 809 ft
- Collins Gulch Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,199 ft
- East Greeley Road–Home Run Trail, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 793 ft
- Cardiff Pass–Cardiff Pass Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,661 ft
- Home Run Trail–Lower Albion Meadows Trail, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 990 ft
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