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Hidden Peak–Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint, 4 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Albion Alps, UT. The route passes Hidden Peak before reaching Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 3,120 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,881 – 10,926 ft · steepest grade: 39%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pittsburg Lake Trailhead 40.54897, -111.59890
Nearest town Albion Alps, UT

Directions

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Hidden Peak–Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint, 4 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 3,120 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Elevation 7,881–10,925 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pittsburg Lake Trailhead · 40.54897, -111.59890

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Road, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftTurn right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading W.
  3. 1.7 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 1.1 miSharp left onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.1 miSharp left onto Wildflower Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miPass Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint.
  10. 50 ftReach Hidden Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading S.
  13. 1.1 miSharp right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  18. 1.8 miTurn left onto Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Road, heading N.
  19. 250 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

39% dirt61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.2 mi in (~185 min). Leave by 4:30 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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