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East Baldy Traverse–Miller Hill Mining Trail, 5 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 4,366 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,589 – 10,555 ft · steepest grade: 33%11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52612, -111.60769
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT

Directions

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East Baldy Traverse–Miller Hill Mining Trail, 5 sights

11.2 mi · ▲ 4,366 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Elevation 7,588–10,554 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.52612, -111.60769

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 450 ftSharp right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Miller Hill Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Miller Hill Mining Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto Mineral Basin Road, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right onto Sugarloaf Pass Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miTurn right onto Sugarloaf Connector Road, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sugarloaf Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto East Baldy Traverse, heading NE.
  14. 200 ftReach Miller Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sugarloaf Mountain Trail, heading N.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Sugarloaf Connector Road, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Sugarloaf Pass Trail, heading N.
  18. 1.1 miSharp left onto Mineral Basin Road, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Miller Hill Mining Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Miller Hill Road, heading E.
  23. 2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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