Hidden Peak–Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint Loop, 11 sights is an 11.1-mile loop near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Sunday Saddle, Hidden Peak, Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint and Gorilla Pass. It climbs 4,103 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,589 – 10,959 ft · steepest grade: 41%11.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52612, -111.60769
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Hidden Peak–Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint Loop, 11 sights
11.1 mi · ▲ 4,103 ft · 5 hr 45 min
Elevation 7,588–10,959 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.52612, -111.60769
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dutchman Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineral Basin Trail Access Road, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miPass Sunday Saddle.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Hidden Peak.
- 50 ftPass Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Gorilla Pass.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Wildflower Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Miller Hill Mining Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Miller Hill Road, heading E.
- 2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
80% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~193 min). Leave by 4:22 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dutchman Road via Mary Ellen Gulch Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,374 ft
- Alta Dry Fork Road & Miller Hill Road via Mary Ellen Gulch Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 410 ft
- Pittsburg Lake–Miller Hill Road, 3 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 2,102 ft
- Dutchman Road–Globe Mine Road, 5 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 2,312 ft
- East Baldy Traverse–Miller Hill Mining Trail, 5 sights 11.2 mi · ▲ 4,366 ft
- Big Flat Spring–Alta Dry Fork Road, 5 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 3,081 ft
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