Dog Lake & Big Cottonwood Mine Loop via Alta-Brighton Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Estates, UT. The route reaches Dog Lake. It climbs 933 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,754 – 9,699 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alta-Brighton Trail 40.60025, -111.58726
Nearest town Silver Lake Estates, UT
Directions
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Dog Lake & Big Cottonwood Mine Loop via Alta-Brighton Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 933 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 8,753–9,699 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Alta-Brighton Trail · 40.60025, -111.58726
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: Brighton Resort stop 328 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Alta-Brighton Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Brighton Lakes Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Dog Lake.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Clayton Peak Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Big Cottonwood Mine Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Dog Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Clayton Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Brighton Lakes Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Great Western Trail, heading N.
- 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
80% dirt6% paved4% gravel10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Brighton Resort stop 328 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Alta-Brighton Trail Trailhead
- Alta-Brighton Trail 2 mi · ▲ 745 ft
- Big Cottonwood Mine Loop via Brighton Lakes Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 916 ft
- Mount Evergreen–Alta-Brighton Viewpoint, 3 summits 2.5 mi · ▲ 1,060 ft
- Seepage–Lake Mary, 5 lakes 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,160 ft
- Lake Mary–Twin Lakes Reservoir Loop, 6 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 1,096 ft
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