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Dick Bass Highway–Gad Valley Road, 5 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 4,213 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Dick Bass Highway–Gad Valley Road, 5 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 4,213 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,153 – 10,831 ft · steepest grade: 40%10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Miner's Road 40.57775, -111.66020
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Dick Bass Highway–Gad Valley Road, 5 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 4,213 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Elevation 8,153–10,832 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 miBear right onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  15. 150 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftSharp left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SE.
  19. 500 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  20. 100 ftBear left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miSharp right onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading S.
  29. 1.1 miSharp right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  31. 0.4 miReach Mid-Way Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.8 miSharp left onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading NW.
  33. 1.1 miSharp left onto Wildflower Trail, heading W.
  34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading N.
  35. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  36. 0.2 miSharp left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SW.
  41. 0.4 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  42. 100 ftBear left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading N.
  43. 500 ftSharp right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  44. 50 ftTurn left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SW.
  45. 450 ftTurn right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  46. 50 ftBear left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SW.
  47. 150 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SW.
  48. 0.4 miBear left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading W.
  50. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  51. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gad Valley Road, heading N.
  52. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading W.
  53. 0.2 miSharp left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  54. 50 ftSharp right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NE.
  55. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Miner's Road, heading NW.
  56. 50 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NW.
  57. 50 ftContinue straight onto Miner's Road, heading NW.
  58. 200 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NW.
  59. 100 ftContinue straight onto Miner's Road, heading N.
  60. 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-valley-road-out-back-5-sights-16-km

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~112 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 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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