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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Holman Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto G.O.A.T. Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miSharp left onto Rogers Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left onto Babushka Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.6 miPass Forest Lake.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Shaffer Fork Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.7 miReach Forest Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Shaffer Fork Road, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Babushka Trail, heading SW.
  18. 1.6 miTurn right onto Rogers Trail, heading SW.
  19. 1.3 miSharp right onto G.O.A.T. Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.9 miBear right onto Holman Road, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 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

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