Forest Lake–Babushka Trail, 4 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route reaches Forest Lake. It climbs 3,977 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,749 – 8,957 ft · steepest grade: 38%10.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.49840, -111.63605
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Forest Lake–Babushka Trail, 4 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 3,977 ft · 5 hr 31 min
Elevation 6,749–8,956 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.49840, -111.63605
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Holman Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto G.O.A.T. Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Rogers Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Babushka Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miPass Forest Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Shaffer Fork Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Forest Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shaffer Fork Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Babushka Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Rogers Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto G.O.A.T. Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Holman Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 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 76°F53°
Precip1%Wind12 mphUV7Humidity20%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
75°54°
Sun
71°52°
56%
Mon
62°48°
60%
Tue
72°49°
Wed
79°57°
Thu
76°55°
26%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Silver Creek Viewpoint & Silver Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 614 ft
- Holman Road & Holman Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,690 ft
- G.O.A.T. Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 2,234 ft
- Babushka Trail–G.O.A.T. Trail Loop, 6 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 2,454 ft
- Holman Connector–Holman Road, 4 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 3,817 ft
- G.O.A.T. Trail–Holman Connector Loop, 6 sights 14 mi · ▲ 4,384 ft
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