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Dick Bass Highway–Gad 2 Traverse, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 2,025 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Dick Bass Highway–Gad 2 Traverse, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 2,025 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,153 – 9,958 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Miner's Road 40.57775, -111.66020
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Dick Bass Highway–Gad 2 Traverse, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 2,025 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 8,153–9,957 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Miner's Road · 40.57775, -111.66020

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

Transit-accessible: Iron Blosam stop 294 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Miner's Road, heading W.
  2. 300 ftContinue straight onto Mid-Way Trail, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Mid-Way Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mid-Way Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  8. 100 ftSharp right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Gad 2 Traverse, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miReach Mid-Way Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
  20. 350 ftSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gad Valley Road, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miSharp left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  27. 50 ftSharp right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Miner's Road, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Miner's Road, heading NW.
  31. 250 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading S.
  32. 100 ftContinue straight onto Miner's Road, heading S.
  33. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dick-bass-highway-gad-2-traverse-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Iron Blosam stop 294 m from the trailhead

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