Horse Spring–Horse Flat Trail Loop, 8 sights is a 10.5-mile loop in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Mutual Dell, UT. The route reaches Horse Spring. It climbs 2,943 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,414 – 8,458 ft · steepest grade: 29%11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mutual Dell Campground Road 40.44821, -111.64489
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT
Directions
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Horse Spring–Horse Flat Trail Loop, 8 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,943 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Elevation 6,415–8,459 ft
Loop · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Trailhead: Mutual Dell Campground Road · 40.44821, -111.64489
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 77°F / low 58° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mutual Dell Campground Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pine Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mutual Dell Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pine Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Horse Flat Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miPass Horse Spring.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Snow Gauging Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Island Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bear Canyon Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bear Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
97% dirt3% gravel
Weather
ClearTemperature 77°F58°
Precip1%Wind12 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.3″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
76°54°
Sun
72°53°
56%
Mon
63°49°
58%
Tue
73°50°
Wed
80°58°
Thu
77°56°
25%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~108 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mutual Dell Campground Road Trailhead
- Bear Canyon Trail & Mutual Dell Connector Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,207 ft
- Mutual Dell Connector Trail–Ridge Connector Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,376 ft
- Bear Canyon Trail & Mutual Dell Connector Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 2,078 ft
- Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,975 ft
- Island Meadow Trail–Mutual Dell Connector Trail, 5 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 2,122 ft
- Bear Canyon Trail–Mutual Dell Connector Trail Loop, 5 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 2,322 ft
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