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Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Lame Horse Trail–Ridge Connector Trail, 5 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,409 ft · 7 hr 4 min

Lame Horse Trail–Ridge Connector Trail, 5 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Mutual Dell, UT. It climbs 3,409 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,349 – 8,636 ft · steepest grade: 20%16.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.42117, -111.69601
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT
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Lame Horse Trail–Ridge Connector Trail, 5 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,409 ft · 7 hr 4 min

Elevation 7,351–8,636 ft

Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Trailhead: 40.42117, -111.69601

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading SE.
  10. 3.6 miBear right onto Bear Canyon Spur Trail, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miBear right onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading N.
  13. 1.2 miSharp right onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading N.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  20. 1 miReach Salamander Flat Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 1 miBear right onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  23. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 250 ftBear right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  27. 150 ftSharp left onto Salamander Flat Trail, heading W.
  28. 1.2 miBear left onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading SW.
  29. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bear Canyon Spur Trail, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading W.
  31. 3.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  34. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  36. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  38. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  39. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lame-horse-trail-ridge-connector-trail-out-back-5-sights-26-km-6dc7

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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