Island Meadow Trail–Lame Horse Trail, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Mutual Dell, UT. It climbs 1,653 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,425 – 8,075 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hunting Camp Road 40.44685, -111.60749
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT
Directions
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Island Meadow Trail–Lame Horse Trail, 5 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,653 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Elevation 7,425–8,073 ft
Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Trailhead: Hunting Camp Road · 40.44685, -111.60749
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 74°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hunting Camp Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Winter Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Old Conrad Site Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lame Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Island Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear left onto South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Conrad Site Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Winter Pass Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hunting Camp Road, heading NE.
- 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 74°F54°
Precip1%Wind12 mphUV7Humidity23%
Rained 0.3″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
74°53°
Sun
68°50°
57%
Mon
61°46°
59%
Tue
71°43°
Wed
77°51°
Thu
77°51°
26%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hunting Camp Road Trailhead
- South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 510 ft
- Lame Horse Trail & South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 618 ft
- Mill Canyon Spring Road–Samps Hollow Overlook Road, 4 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,245 ft
- G.O.A.T. Trail–Holman Ridge-Cabin Flat Trail, 7 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 4,420 ft
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