AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Evil Empire–Fat Lip, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Evil Empire–Fat Lip, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 1,559 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi8,852 – 9,564 ft · steepest grade: 36%6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.60650, -111.50704
Nearest town Park City, UT
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Evil Empire–Fat Lip, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 8,851–9,565 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.60650, -111.50704

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Corvair (Upper), heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto 9K Trail, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Io Trail, heading W.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Io Trail (Middle), heading W.
  14. 0.2 miBear right onto Empire Upper Access, heading SW.
  15. 200 ftBear right onto Evil Empire, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto 9K Trail, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Evil Empire, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto McConkeys, heading NE.
  19. 300 ftBear left onto Fat Lip, heading W.
  20. 300 ftContinue straight onto Stiff Upper Lip, heading W.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fat Lip, heading W.
  22. 0.7 miBear left onto Keystone Trail, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftReach Io Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 500 ftBear right, heading S.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fat Lip, heading NE.
  26. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Stiff Upper Lip, heading N.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fat Lip, heading N.
  28. 300 ftBear right onto McConkeys, heading SE.
  29. 300 ftTurn right onto Evil Empire, heading SE.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left onto 9K Trail, heading SW.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto Evil Empire, heading SW.
  32. 0.3 miBear left onto Empire Upper Access, heading S.
  33. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Io Trail (Middle), heading S.
  35. 200 ftContinue straight onto Io Trail, heading NE.
  36. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto 9K Trail, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  39. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  40. 100 ftBear right onto Corvair (Upper), heading E.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  42. 100 ftArrive 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/evil-empire-fat-lip-out-back-5-sights-8-km

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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