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Home Run Trail–Lower Albion Meadows Trail, 4 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 990 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Home Run Trail–Lower Albion Meadows Trail, 4 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 990 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,547 – 9,561 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58740, -111.64203
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Home Run Trail–Lower Albion Meadows Trail, 4 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 990 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 8,547–9,560 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.58740, -111.64203

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Collins Gulch Road, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Lower Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Snake Pit Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading NE.
  7. 150 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Home Run Trail, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cecret Lake Trail, heading SE.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 450 ftTurn left onto Homestake Road, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miReach Lower Albion Meadows Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Homestake Road, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading S.
  20. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cecret Lake Trail, heading S.
  23. 100 ftTurn left onto Supreme Bottom Terminal Road, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
  25. 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading N.
  26. 100 ftBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading W.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left onto Home Run Trail, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Snake Pit Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.7 miTurn left onto Lower Albion Meadows Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Collins Gulch Road, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/home-run-trail-out-back

Trail surface

92% dirt1% boardwalk7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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