Forest Lake & Ridge Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Albion Alps, UT. The route reaches Forest Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 870 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,449 – 8,993 ft · steepest grade: 29%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pole Line Pass East Road 40.53138, -111.57072
Nearest town Albion Alps, UT
Directions
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Forest Lake & Ridge Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 870 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 8,448–8,995 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Pole Line Pass East Road · 40.53138, -111.57072
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 65°F / low 46° · precip 1% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shaffer Fork Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Forest Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miArrive 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 65°F46°
Precip1%Wind15 mphUV7Humidity28%
Rained 0.6″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
65°45°
Sunrise 6:57 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
65°47°
Sun
62°44°
58%
Mon
53°42°
61%
Tue
65°41°
Wed
71°48°
Thu
70°47°
29%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pole Line Pass East Road Trailhead
- Pot Hollow Trail & Ridge Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 600 ft
- Pole Line Pass–Ant Knolls Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Kiln Trail & Ridge Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,833 ft
- Middle Mountain–Pot Hollow, 5 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 2,441 ft
- Rock Spring–Forest Lake, 7 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 2,423 ft
- East Ridge Trail–Pot Hollow Trail, 4 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 3,766 ft
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