Ghost Creek Trail–Pole Canyon Ridge Trail, 3 sights
6.9 mi · ▲ 1,585 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Ghost Creek Trail–Pole Canyon Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near Wicks, UT. It climbs 1,585 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ghost Creek Trail–Pole Canyon Ridge Trail, 3 sights
6.9 mi · ▲ 1,585 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 5,206–6,691 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.32328, -111.63860
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 84°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Shooting Range Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Indian Road Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Smith Ditch, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Lacey's Loops Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pole Canyon Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Smith Ditch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Lacey's Loops Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Smith Ditch, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Shooting Range Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM — 1 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Indian Road Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 299 ft
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- Indian Road Trail 3 mi · ▲ 728 ft
- Indian Road Trail 3 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Indian Road Trail 3 mi · ▲ 755 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 3 mi · ▲ 538 ft
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