Lame Horse Trail–Mutual Dell Connector Trail, 5 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back near Aspen Grove, UT. It climbs 2,023 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,427 – 8,075 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail 40.43125, -111.61044
Nearest town Aspen Grove, UT
Directions
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Lame Horse Trail–Mutual Dell Connector Trail, 5 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 2,023 ft · 3 hr 39 min
Elevation 6,428–8,073 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail · 40.43125, -111.61044
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear 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 NW.
- 1 miBear right onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Pine Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Mutual Dell Connector Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pine Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mutual Dell Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach South Fork Little Deer Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Mutual Dell Campground Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pine Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mutual Dell Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pine Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 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.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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