Higher Ground Trail–North Holbrook Route, 4 sights
11 mi · ▲ 2,926 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Higher Ground Trail–North Holbrook Route, 4 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back near Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 2,926 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Higher Ground Trail–North Holbrook Route, 4 sights
11 mi · ▲ 2,926 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 6,517–8,585 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sessions Mountain Road · 40.93012, -111.79296
Weather Sep 5: 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 on Sessions Mountain Road, heading E.
- 2.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto North Holbrook Route, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto North Holbrook Trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Twist Downhill Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Holbrook Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Higher Ground Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Twist Downhill Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach North Holbrook Route, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Higher Ground Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto North Holbrook Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Twist Downhill Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Holbrook Trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto North Holbrook Route, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Sessions Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 2.6 miArrive 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 1.9 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sessions Mountain Road Trailhead
- Sessions Mountain Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 700 ft
- Great Western Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft
- Arthurs Fork 4x4 Road–Chicken Creek Loop Road, 4 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 2,229 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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