East Greeley Road & Home Run Trail via Upper Albion Meadows Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 1,143 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,622 – 9,384 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.59043, -111.63905
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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East Greeley Road & Home Run Trail via Upper Albion Meadows Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 1,143 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 8,623–9,385 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.59043, -111.63905
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Goldminer's Daughter Lodge stop 146 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Michigan City Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Home Run Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Greeley Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Catherine's to Cecret Lake Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto East Greeley Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Home Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Catherine's to Cecret Lake Connector Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto East Greeley Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Michigan City Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Goldminer's Daughter Lodge stop 146 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Peruvian Acre Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 504 ft
- Michigan City Road & Peruvian Acre Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 576 ft
- Peruvian Acre Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 504 ft
- Home Run Trail–Lower Albion Meadows Trail Loop, 5 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Lower Albion Meadows Trail & Snake Pit Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 503 ft
- Upper Albion Meadows Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 771 ft
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