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BLM - Salt Lake Field Office

Lookout–Apex Trail, 9 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Lookout–Apex Trail, 9 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in BLM - Salt Lake Field Office near Hi Country Estates, UT. The route reaches Lookout at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 1,506 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,384 – 6,815 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Juniper Trail 40.51186, -112.08498
Nearest town Hi Country Estates, UT
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Lookout–Apex Trail, 9 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 5,383–6,814 ft

Out & Back · BLM - Salt Lake Field Office

Trailhead: Juniper Trail · 40.51186, -112.08498

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Juniper Trail, heading W.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bingham (BST) Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Apex Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Lucky Boy Trail, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Ridgeline Trail, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading S.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Bolt Trail, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading S.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miSharp right onto Yellow Fork Ridge North, heading S.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miBear left onto Lookout Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miReach Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 0.1 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading W.
  28. 0.5 miBear right onto Yellow Fork Ridge North, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftSharp left onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  31. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading N.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
  35. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Bolt Trail, heading NE.
  37. 250 ftTurn right onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading NE.
  38. 100 ftTurn right onto Ridgeline Trail, heading NE.
  39. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading N.
  41. 250 ftTurn left onto Sorta Shady Trail, heading N.
  42. 50 ftBear right onto Ridgeline Trail, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Lucky Boy Trail, heading N.
  44. 50 ftTurn right onto Apex Trail, heading N.
  45. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading N.
  46. 200 ftTurn right onto Bingham (BST) Trail, heading NE.
  47. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Juniper Trail, heading NE.
  48. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lookout-apex-trail-out-back-9-sights-11-km-4424

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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