Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint–Ghost Creek Trail, 8 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back near Caryhurst, UT. The route reaches Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint. It climbs 3,031 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,918 – 7,297 ft · steepest grade: 29%11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Indian Road Trail 40.30799, -111.65236
Nearest town Caryhurst, UT
Directions
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Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint–Ghost Creek Trail, 8 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 3,031 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Elevation 4,919–7,297 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Indian Road Trail · 40.30799, -111.65236
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: River Park Dr @ 119 W stop 723 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Indian Road Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Smith Ditch, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Lacey's Loops Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pole Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hope Campground Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Khyv Peak Overlook Front Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Squaw Peak Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Khyv Peak Overlook Front Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Khyv Peak Overlook Back Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Squaw Peak Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Khyv Peak Overlook Front Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Upper Pole Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pole Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Lacey's Loops Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Smith Ditch, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Road Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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 surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: River Park Dr @ 119 W stop 723 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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