Hounds Tooth & Hounds Tooth Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 2,672 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Hounds Tooth & Hounds Tooth Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Twin Peaks Wilderness near Prospector Hills, UT. The route reaches Hounds Tooth at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 2,672 ft, with sections as steep as 45% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hounds Tooth & Hounds Tooth Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 2,672 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 5,252–7,896 ft
Out & Back · Twin Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Ferguson Canyon Trail · 40.61038, -111.78826
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Bengal Blvd @ 3455 E stop 758 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ferguson Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hounds Tooth Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miReach Hounds Tooth, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Ferguson Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Bengal Blvd @ 3455 E stop 758 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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