Dog Lake & Butler Fork Trail via Desolation Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Dog Lake & Butler Fork Trail via Desolation Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Olympus Wilderness near Pine Lodge, UT. The route reaches Dog Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,740 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Dog Lake & Butler Fork Trail via Desolation Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 7,124–8,833 ft
Out & Back · Mount Olympus Wilderness
Trailhead: Butler Fork Trailhead · 40.64931, -111.66168
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 74°F / low 56° · precip 1% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Butler Fork Trail, heading NW.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Desolation Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Dog Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftReach Dog Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Butler Fork Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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