Kennecott & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Aspen Grove, UT. It climbs 1,138 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,769 – 7,569 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41540, -111.60781
Nearest town Aspen Grove, UT
Directions
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Kennecott & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,138 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 6,770–7,571 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.41540, -111.60781
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 72°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lame Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mount Timpanogos Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Middle Earth, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mica's Mile, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Aria's, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Kennecott, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach Middle Earth, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Aria's, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Mica's Mile, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Middle Earth, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Timpanogos Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lame Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 72°F51°
Precip1%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity34%
Rained 0.3″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
67°49°
62%
Mon
64°45°
62%
Tue
70°44°
Wed
75°51°
Thu
73°56°
20%
Fri
78°53°
19%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lame Horse Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 674 ft
- Lame Horse Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Horse Flat Trail via Lame Horse Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 492 ft
- Dylan's Way & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail 4 mi · ▲ 976 ft
- Eden's & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
- Mica's Mile & Middle Earth via Lame Horse Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,137 ft
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