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Eagle Crest–Wild Rose Loop, 4 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Eagle Crest–Wild Rose Loop, 4 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Orchard Hills, UT. It climbs 1,201 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,990 – 6,152 ft · steepest grade: 37%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wild Rose Trail 40.82724, -111.90632
Nearest town Orchard Hills, UT
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Eagle Crest–Wild Rose Loop, 4 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 4,992–6,153 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Wild Rose Trail · 40.82724, -111.90632

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start on Wild Rose Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Trail Entry Point, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Lower DH, heading SE.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto wild Rose upper DH, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto wild Rose upper DH, heading E.
  9. 200 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto NSL Flow, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn left onto Chukkar Loop, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto NSL Flow, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading S.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Woodbriar, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Eagle Crest, heading N.
  16. 1.2 miBear right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftReach Wild Rose Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 200 ftBear left onto Eagle Crest, heading SE.
  19. 1.2 miTurn left onto Woodbriar, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto NSL Flow, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Chukkar Loop, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto NSL Flow, heading NW.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto wild Rose upper DH, heading NW.
  26. 200 ftSharp right onto Wild Rose Loop, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto wild Rose upper DH, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Lower DH, heading NW.
  30. 200 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Loop, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Trail Entry Point, heading NW.
  32. 400 ftContinue straight onto Wild Rose Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.7 miArrive 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/eagle-crest-wild-rose-loop-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.

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