Dog Lake–Sunset Pass, 6 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Sunset Pass before reaching Dog Lake at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 5,304 ft, with sections as steep as 45% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,546 – 10,653 ft · steepest grade: 45%16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52622, -111.60591
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Dog Lake–Sunset Pass, 6 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 5,304 ft · 7 hr 45 min
Elevation 7,545–10,654 ft
Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 40.52622, -111.60591
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Miller Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mineral Basin Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Alta Dry Fork Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Alta Dry Fork Road, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miPass Sunset Pass.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Brighton Ridge Run, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Wasatch Wiggle Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Cottonwood Mine Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Clayton Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Dog Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Big Cottonwood Mine Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Wasatch Wiggle Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Brighton Ridge Run, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Alta Dry Fork Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Alta Dry Fork Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineral Basin Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pacific Mine Road, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Miller Hill Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 surface
64% dirt36% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.9 mi in (~234 min). Leave by 3:42 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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