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Chauner's Loop–Dick Bass Highway, 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 2,307 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Chauner's Loop–Dick Bass Highway, 3 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 2,307 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 mi8,147 – 9,958 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whirley Bird 40.58580, -111.65043
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Chauner's Loop–Dick Bass Highway, 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 2,307 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 8,147–9,957 ft

Out & Back

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 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
  10. 300 ftTurn right onto Chauner's Loop, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Gad Valley Road, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Gad 2 Traverse, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miReach Chauner's Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  23. 400 ftSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miBear left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading E.
  26. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gad Valley Road, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
  29. 0.5 miBear right onto Chauner's Loop, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  31. 300 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading S.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading S.
  34. 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading NW.
  36. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading NW.
  37. 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NW.
  38. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  39. 400 ftContinue straight onto Whirley Bird, heading NE.
  40. 350 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/dick-bass-highway-gad-2-road-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

94% dirt3% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 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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