Great Western Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Great Western Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 1,430 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,221 – 8,160 ft · steepest grade: 32%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sessions Mountain Road 40.93012, -111.79296
Nearest town Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Great Western Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 7,220–8,161 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sessions Mountain Road · 40.93012, -111.79296
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 69°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Great Western Trail, heading N.
- 2.1 miReach Great Western Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 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
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 69°F53°
Precip1%Wind17 mphUV7Humidity30%
Rained 0.7″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat
69°51°
Sun
64°45°
39%
Mon
56°42°
56%
Tue
66°38°
Wed
74°45°
Thu
67°47°
19%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sessions Mountain Road Trailhead
- Sessions Mountain Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 700 ft
- Arthurs Fork 4x4 Road–Chicken Creek Loop Road, 4 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 2,229 ft
- Higher Ground Trail–North Holbrook Route, 4 sights 11 mi · ▲ 2,926 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail–Stone Creek Trail, 3 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,263 ft
- Bellevue–North Holbrook Route, 4 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 4,292 ft
- Grandview Peak Trail & Sessions Mountain Road via Great Western Trail 14.3 mi · ▲ 3,129 ft
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