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Flagstaff Mountain–Chad's Gap, 3 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. The route passes Chad's Gap before reaching Flagstaff Mountain at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 2,482 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,622 – 10,529 ft · steepest grade: 38%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Albion Meadows Trail 40.59041, -111.62784
Nearest town Alta, UT

Directions

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Flagstaff Mountain–Chad's Gap, 3 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 2,482 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Elevation 8,623–10,530 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Upper Albion Meadows Trail · 40.59041, -111.62784

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 66°F / low 49° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 129 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Peruvian Acre Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Michigan City Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miPass Chad's Gap.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Flagstaff Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.6 miReach Flagstaff Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.6 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Michigan City Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading S.
  19. 450 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

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 66°F49°
Precip1%Wind13 mphUV7Humidity34%
Rained 0.5″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:57 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 66°49°
Sun 61°45° 54%
Mon 52°42° 54%
Tue 64°40°
Wed 71°50°
Thu 69°48° 20%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~135 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 129 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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